Portland General Electric has formally asked the state to suspend its permit applications for the two natural gas-fired plants at its Carty Generating Station near Boardman, the Portland Tribune reports.
Environmental groups want PGE to avoid investing in more natural gas plants because they produce significant carbon emissions that cause global warming. Environmentalists have argued that the price of wind and solar are rapidly declining, and would be more economical and environmentally responsible for the long term than natural gas.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler also has been lobbying PGE not to add more gas plants at Carty to replace the Boardman coal plant set to close in late 2020.
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