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Coal plant operating costs are a long-held secret

Sep 7, 2018
A Washington state Superior Court judge may order the release of information a utility says contains trade secrets.
Piles of coal sit in front of PacifiCorp's 1,440-megawatt coal-fired power plant in 2017 in Castle Dale, Utah.
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