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Explosive demolition of coal plant underscores end of coal-fired electric generation in Oregon
Podcast |
KUOW Newsroom
Publisher |
KUOW
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Politics
Publication Date |
Sep 15, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:01:06
A demolition contractor on Thursday imploded the towering smokestack and 19-story boiler building at Portland General Electric’s shuttered coal-fired power plant near Boardman, bringing a symbolic close to the era of coal-fired power generation in Oregon. Imported electricity generated from coal still flows through transmission wires across the Pacific Northwest, but that looks to be winding down soon, too.

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