A look inside Oregon's only coal power plant before it shuts down

The Boardman Coal Plant was built in the late 1970s for Portland General Electric. It was a time when Oregon’s population was growing and the OPEC oil embargo was still fresh. The country wanted more energy choices, and a coal plant seemed like a good choice at the time.

Times have changed. A combination of lawsuits, political pressure and cheaper alternative power have doomed the plant long before its mechanical life is over: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/eastern-oregon/boardman-oregon-coal-plant-to-close-in-2020/283-9c25328a-4c17-497e-826e-2908e934e7fb

KGW's Pat Dooris visited the Boardman plant before it shuts down in 2020.

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