Salem Harbor Station will close in 2014, plant owner Dominion announced.
Two of the small coal-burning units will be shut down by the end of the year, while two larger coal- and oil-burning generators will stay in operation until June 1, 2014, the company said.
The agreement resolving a 2010 lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court includes a stipulation that future plant owners cannot burn coal after 2014, when Dominion has announced it will shut down the fossil fuel facility...
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