Perhaps most tellingly, the coal pile in the yard out back was tiny compared with my previous visit in 2022.
Los Angeles is closing Intermountain, a watershed moment that will mark the end of coal power in California.
In California, just 2.2% of electricity came from coal in 2024 — nearly all of it from Intermountain.
The newly built gas/hydrogen power plant known as IPP Renewed, seen from the roof of the Intermountain coal plant.
A Riverside County electric cooperative imports coal from out of state, as does Berkshire Hathaway-owned Pacific Power in Northern California.
Next month, California is quitting coal.
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