Luminant Coal Plant Closings Put 600 Out of Work

Dallas-based electricity generator Luminant is cutting about 600 jobs as it closes three coal-fired power plants and a mine in Texas.The Texas Workforce Commission said Monday that Luminant plans to make the layoffs in January.Luminant previously announced that it would shutter the Monticello, Big Brown and Sandow power plants. The filing with regulators puts a number on the affected jobs, nearly half of which are at the Three Oaks mine near Elgin, Texas.  Continue reading...

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