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==Southern California Edison to Divest from Four Corners==
On March 30, 2010, [[Southern California Edison]] (SCE) informed [[Arizona Public Service]] (APS) of the company's intentions to divest its 48 percent stake of Four Corners Power Plant by 2016. According to APS, Southern California Edison announced it did not plan to sell its shares on the open market. SCE, which supplies power to greater Southern California, does not believe that Four Corners' coal burning is the energy wave of the future. Other issues that may have prompted SCE to divest its interests include proposed legislative initiatives to regulate carbon from power plants, Best Available Retrofit Technology requirements for the plant by fall 2010, and the possible regulation of coal fly ash as a hazardous waste.<ref>["SCE divesting of Four Corners; APS looks to buy share"] Kathy Helms, ''Gallup Independent" March 30, 2010.</ref>
==EPA proposes nitrogen oxides at Four Corners==
In October 2010 the Environmental Protection Agency proposed pollution controls that would mean an 80 percent reduction in smog-causing nitrogen oxides from the Four Corners Power Plant on the Navajo Nation.
EPA officials said their proposal would require Arizona Public Service Company to install selective catalytic reduction on all five of its operating units.
Jared Blumenfeld, regional administrator for EPA's Region 9, said the Four Corners plant is the largest single source of nitrogen oxides in the United States.
The proposed controls would reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides from about 45,000 tons per year to 9,000 tons per year, and improve both public health and visibility at 16 national park sites in the area, the EPA stated.<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9IMRMEG0.htm "EPA proposes nitrogen oxides reduction at NM plant"] Sue Major Holmes, Bloomberg, October 7, 2010.</ref>
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