[Hoot Gibson]

More misguided, wrong information, at least on the Big Sandy plant. They were going to shut down the big unit and turn unit 1 into a gas fired unit, but after more consideration, they will keep the big unit going, and turning the smaller unit into a gas fired unit. The coal scrubbers on the big unit(Unit 2) start next fall. I am in direct lines of talk with someone that is at the top of the chain at BSP, and know that my words are fact. to be honest, I went to school with one of the top guys on the chain. Research before you post false info Hoot. Phillip Sporn which is out of my locals jurisdiction will close, but what the report doesn't tell is that Mountaineer(1/4 mile down the road, with all updated equipment) is taking over for the dinosaur Sporn(built in the 40's) plant.

You really have a serious reading comprehension problem, RV. Do you understand what an estimate is? All of the idiotic changes that Obama's EPA has proposed have not taken effect. Obama promised to crack down on coal-fired power plants and the EPA is working to make good on that promise.

You have no better idea what this crazy, left-wing president would do in a second term than anybody else. Whether the Big Sandy plant closes or not, Obama is working hard to force the adoption of more expensive and unproven methods of power generation such as wind turbines.

When plants begin closing, it will be because they cannot afford fines imposed by Obama's EPA. There will be no closure notice, just an effort to make coal-fired power more expensive than the alternatives through over regulation.

If it looks like Obama will not be reelected, then Obama will be sure to leave a mountain of ridiculously strict environmental regulations behind so that Democrats can accuse Republicans of plotting to destroy the environment when they relax the standards to achievable limits. That has been the history of liberal Democrats and that will be their future. They screw up the economy every time they get a taste of power.