Posted on 12/21/2011 7:13:57 AM PST by Libloather
Power Plant Closures Due to Environmental Regulations to Take Toll on Towns
Published December 20, 2011 | Associated Press
For more than 90 years, the coal-fired power plant in Glen Lyn, Va., has been churning out electricity and contributing to local prosperity. Of late, it has generated nearly a quarter of the revenue for the $1 million budget of the town.
Yet when the plant ultimately shuts down to comply with new federal air pollution regulations by the end of 2014, says Town Manager Howard Spencer, so too might the community of 200.
"If the town lost all of that revenue," he says, "we would struggle to even continue to be incorporated."
An Associated Press analysis has found that more than 32 mostly coal-fired power plants in a dozen states will be forced to close because of the new, more stringent regulations. Another 36 plants are at risk of closing.
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Luckily we’re having a very warm winter (so far) here in NW Florida.................
Here in Florida, you can’t incorporate under 5000 people, IIRC.........
Why stop there?
Why not require a 100% cut in emissions?
Utopia is achievable and the cost doesn't matter so these enviro nuts think.
Heck, why not just demand that electricity magically happen? These leftist nutcases seem to think they can just demand the impossible and it happens.
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