Located on the Navajo Indian Reservation near Page, Arizona, the Navajo Generating Station began the production of electricity in 1974 for the regions of Arizona, Nevada, and California.

Fueled by coal from the Peabody Western Coal Company's Kayenta Mine in the Black Mesa, Coal Fire Plant contains three 750-megawatt units. A railroad built especially as a supply line for the plant transports the coal from the Northeast Arizona mine. The plant operates by using coal to heat water, which produces steam to turn the turbines, and generates electricity.

The Navajo Generating Station is the sole provider of electricity for the Central Arizona Project water pumps. Due to environmental concerns, each unit contains a wet-scrubber to remove fly ash and the sulfur dioxide emitted by the chimney, making the Navajo Generating Station one of the cleanest coal-fired electrical plants.

Podcast Written and Narrated by Jennifer Oelschlager, Public History Student at the University of West Florida.