PacifiCorp Proposes Replacing Wyoming Coal Plants With Renewables and Storage

GreenTech Media: After years of shielding the economic status of its coal-fired power fleet from public view, utility PacifiCorp is taking the first step toward considering early closure of some of its poorest-performing coal-fired power plants, and replacing them with hundreds of megawatts of less costly wind, solar and energy storage resources.

Last week, the Berkshire Hathaway-owned utility revealed that its customers could save up to $248 million over the next 20 years, under a plan to retire four of its least economically competitive coal units in Wyoming by 2022, several years ahead of schedule.

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