Washington lawmakers are considering a bill that would create arnprocess for Puget Sound Energy to retire two coal-fired units at thernColstrip plant in Montana and buy Talen Montana's share of a third unit.rnThe bill — S.B. 6248 — cleared a major legislative deadlinernThursday when it was passed out of the state Senate's Energy,rnEnvironment & Telecommunications Committee. The legislation mustrnpass the full chamber within two weeks or it will die.rnBellevue, Washington-based PSE and Talen each own half ofrnColstrip Unit 1 and Unit 2, which are each 307 MW. The units camernonline in the mid-1970s and like other old coal-fired units have beenrnchallenged by low natural gas prices. Talen also owns a 222-MW stakernGeneration and in Unit 3, which started operations in 1984. Talen has tried to sell itsrnMontana assets but has been unable to find a buyer.
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