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In February 2011, about 28,000 customers statewide lost access to natural gas. That was the last time NM Gas Co. had to cut off service to customers due to lack of adequate supplies. Now the utility is seeking to build a liquified natural gas storage facility in Rio Rancho near Albuquerque that utility officials say ....
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... The Four Corners Power Plant in Waterflow, N.M., near the San Juan River in northwestern New Mexico. (Susan Montoya Bryan/Associated Press) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The coal-fired Four Corners Generating Station near Farmington could become a seasonally operated power plant, potentially reducing facility emissions by up to 25% annually, the plant’s five co-owners announced Friday morning. The owners agreed to shut down one of the facility’s two generating units for seven months each year beginning in fall 2023, with both units operating only during the peak summer months from June-October. Plans to keep the plant open through July 2031, when the facility’s coal supply contract with the nearby Navajo Mine expires, remain unchanged, the owners said. ....