"HELPER, Utah -- Utah's oldest coal-fired power plant is no longer in operation.

Rocky Mountain Power shut down its 60-year-old Carbon Power Plant near Helper on Wednesday, a day before stricter federal mercury-pollution rules took effect.

Company spokesman Dave Eskelsen told The Salt Lake Tribune (http://bit.ly/1D3pKg0 [2] ) that the plant's age and location in a tight canyon made retrofitting the two-unit, 172-megawatt station a losing proposition."

The Associated Press had the story April 19, 2015. [3]

SEE ALSO:

"The Fall of Coal" (Politico) [4]

"Rand Paul’s “Big Coal” Lie: the Real Reason the Industry Is Dying" (Salon) [5]