San Juan region scrambles to shift to new economy

Christmas brought a new lump of coal-fired headaches to San Juan County. Two of the four generating units at the San Juan Generating Station near Farmington permanently closed just before the holidays. That long-awaited shutdown marks the first stab in Public Service Company of New Mexico’s plan to completely shutter its 50-year-old coal-fired facility by 2022 to comply with environmental regulations and transition its electric production to more modern, sustainable technologies.