[Hoot Gibson]

Read up on the Clean Air Act and you might find that different standards start at different years. Of course, you two already knew this, but it doesn't play into your "blame Obama" game. nicker:

Once again you demonstrate that you do not know what you are talking about and don't really want to know. The Clean Air Act was last amended in 1990. The Act itself is the same as it was under Bill Clinton and the same as it was under George W. Bush. More importantly, and more to the point, it is the same as it was when Barack Obama took office, the same as it was when Barack Obama was reelected, and the same as it was when AEP had no plan to permanently shut down any part of its Louisa power plant.

You do not seem to know how the regulatory process works in Washington. All that has changed, and what is causing panic and chaos in the coal industry and among utilities that burn coal to generate electricity is that Barack Obama declared war on coal in 2008 and has ordered the EPA to modify regulations that will drive up the cost of burning coal to the point that it will become unaffordable in many cases.

Now, resume your mindless filibuster. You have made it clear that it is you who do not understand the role that the Clean Air Act played in AEP's change in plans (none). You just cannot handle the truth.