Beam me to Planet Gore !
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Hard to believe this is not deliberate sabotage of the American electric grid.
Not to worry, according to the enviros, electricity comes from the plug in the wall.
Somewhere in the Old Executive Office Building is a Policy Wonk in size 5 black wing tips who has a White paper on why “ordinary” people do not need electricity.
For that same period of time, the Norfolk and Western Railway, and it’s successor Norfolk Southern, has been delivering trainloads of coal to the Glen Lyn Plant.
Railroad and mining jobs will be lost as well as business who depend on those workers for their livelihood, but Obama has already demonstrated his disdain for the real people that make this country work.
I wonder if those union railroaders and miners realize how their union bosses sold them out.
Every plant operator in every state should refuse to shut down the plants.
“Hard to believe this is not deliberate sabotage of the American electric grid.”
Of course its deliberate. Your power bill will triple and you won’t be able to afford anything but food and the electric bill. And those new smart meters will be monitoring how much electricity you are using. If you use too much they will just shut off your power for the month. No more KW’s for you til the first of the month.
Elections have consequences.
George Allen sure wouldn't have supported this macaca.
Obammy promised that your bill would “necessarily skyrocket.” We are sooooo screwed.
It is only going to get worse if we don’t bring the federal government under control and send some sanity to Washington.
EPA finalizes air-toxics rule for power plants, likely will unveil it today
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/12/20/epa-finalizes-air-toxics-rule-for-power-plants-likely-will-unveil-it-tomorrow/
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 5:58 pm by Puneet Kollipara
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce its first-ever standards for mercury and other toxic emissions from power plants today, capping a longtime debate over a rule that Republicans and some utilities have decried and environmental and health groups have hailed.
The agency said in a statement it was planning to make a “significant Clean Air Act announcement” this afternoon featuring Administrator Lisa Jackson. Stakeholders such as environmentalists say they’re virtually certain the EPA will be unveiling the long-anticipated Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants, also known as the Utility MACT rule.
The EPA confirmed it had finalized the rule in accordance with a court deadline for Dec. 16. The Utility MACT rule will require a roughly 90 percent cut in mercury emissions from generating units at more than 500 power plants running on coal and oil. The plants also will have to cut other toxic emissions such as acid gases and arsenic.
Congress first tasked the EPA with considering toxic air pollutants in the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. The agency has said until now it has acted on that directive for every source of the emissions except power plants.
Environmental groups, lauding the agency for finally addressing the issue, have said cited EPA data in saying the rule would save 17,000 lives a year and reduce serious diseases. And environmentalists in Texas have noted the state’s power plants lead the nation in emissions of mercury, a metal that can cause birth defects and neurological problems. People usually ingest it when they eat seafood containing it.
Republicans in Congress, however, have alleged the Obama EPA didn’t adequately assess how the rule would affect electric-grid reliability. Some utilities have said they will have no choice but to shutter some of their power plants — which the rule’s critics say could threaten reliability and cause blackouts.
The EPA puts the cost of the rule at more than $10 billion a year — a point that Republican critics have pointed out in criticizing the rule as an example of regulatory overreach. But the EPA says the health benefits of the rule would exceed the costs by anywhere from five- to 13-fold. The agency also has rejected the notion its air rules would cause blackouts, saying they’ve never done so in 40 years.
Maybe like Jimmah Peanut, he’ll have them all wear sweaters.
Somewhere, JOHN GALT IS SMILING.......
This is all part of The Bamster’s laser-like focus on”Creating Jobs”.The rest of us just aren’t smart enough to realize it!!As Presidential-Historian(Michael Beschloss)said to Don Imus:”Obama Is Probably The Most Intelligent Man To Ever Occupy The Oval Office”.Imus then asked him what Obama’s IQ was.Bescloss,hesitated and replied that he didn’t know but it was very high.What kind of CRAP is this that puts a virtual”Mystery Man”into the office of POTUS?There was(virtually)NO VETTING by The MSM to find out what he believes or.................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's interesting... there was a lengthy article in ChemicalWeek magazine this week that said the EPA had agreed to re-visit the rules, and has dramatically scaled back the limits they were going to propose. In addition, at the behest of industry lobbyist, they added a bunch of sub-categories for exceptions that would allow most power plants additional time to comply.
The article did say the rules would be announced soon... with time for public comment before implementation in the Spring of 2012. They made it sound like some major concessions were granted.
New Mexico ping
Well, it looks like Va., Oh., and In. are getting what they voted for.
****the coal-fired power plant in Glen Lyn, Va., has been churning out electricity and contributing to local prosperity.****
Same in our county. 40 years ago this county was firmly held in an economic stranglehold by the CHICKEN MEN and their CHICKEN CATCHERS. You worked for their starvation wages or you didn’t work.
Then on the East side of the county, a Mom & Pop 5&10 store bought some bankrupt Ben Franklin stores, branched out and became WALMART.
37 years ago, on the West side of the county, a 550 MW coal fired power plant was being built, and brought prosperity, and BROKE the stranglehold of the chicken men.
The enviros prophecied gloom and doom for our area. Instead, the plant property has the largest bass in the area, the forest areas are deer factories pumping out deer like you would not believe. And prosperity has hit this area like a ton of bricks!
Now we have a large supply of Bald Eagles winter here every winter.
So now the enviros are trying to get new air regulations to hamstring the plant. this is in Arkansas where the man responsible for the plant (John Turk) said he would never build another plant in Arkansas because of the tough air standards.
Now the coal fired John Turk plant is being built east of Texarkana..
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.