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Washington state’s last coal plant, which was scheduled to close at the end of this year in Centralia, will be converted to burn natural gas.

Power generation company TransAlta announced Wednesday the facility, which will have a capacity of 700 megawatts, will be converted in partnership with the state’s largest utility, Puget Sound Energy.

The deal will give

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