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Coal Fired Power Plants Likely to Close as Result of EPA Regs (7 in KY)
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Hoot Gibson Wrote:Well thank you for that bit of information. So, the change in EPA emissions requirements resulted in an expensive switch to gas. You are deliberately dodging the issue, which is Obama's EPA is forcing expensive changes to coal-fired power plants that will be extremely costly to utilities, which will pass the additional costs to consumers through higher utility bills.

Actually, had you read it, the AEP news release in June contains the following:


I guess that decision was not made in September after all.

Is there any Obama policy that you are not willing to defend?
I mistated that the plans for Unit 1 changed in September. AEP's plan has always been(since the June newsletter) and now, to shut down Unit 1 and rebuild it as a gas. The change in September was to scratch the closing of Unit 2, and put scrubbers on it.
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Coal Fired Power Plants Likely to Close as Result of EPA Regs (7 in KY) - by TheRealVille - 10-10-2011, 10:36 PM

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