Posted on 07/08/2009 6:22:11 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
A state licensing commission said Wednesday it is appealing a court ruling rejecting a permit the commission issued for a coal-fired power plant in southwestern Arkansas.
The Arkansas Public Service Commission said it petitioned the Arkansas Supreme Court to review the state Court of Appeals' ruling that would force Southwestern Electric Power Co. ( SWSEO.OB - news - people ), a unit of American Electric Power ( AEP - news - people ), to start over in its effort to obtain a permit for the $1.6 billion coal-fired plant the company hopes to build.
"The commission hopes that the Arkansas Supreme Court will review this case, not only because it is a matter of first impression, but also due to the very important public policy issues involved regarding how Arkansas utilities build and generate electricity for Arkansans," Public Service Commission Chairman Paul Suskie said.
The appeals court last month granted a request by landowners to send the company back to the beginning of the permit process. The utility also has appealed the ruling, saying the court ignored decades of procedural rules in revoking the permit.
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We need to get rid of all these red diaper doper babies that are screwing America up on every front.
This nonsense will stop quickly when people turn on their lights and nothing happens.
It should happen to all the areas that believe in man made globull warming. Places like NYC, LA, Chicago, etc. I really think these idiots believe energy should just be there, no power production required.
What I would like to see is the car manufacturers refuse to make cars that are California equipped. Let california drive junk for a few years.
Or the blackouts while they wait for the wind to pick up or the sun to rise the next day.
I live in the area in question, and this thing has been going back and forth for a couple of years. The Sierra Club and a private hunting club have been pestering who ever will listen to stop the power plant. They have always lost until now. However, the power company is continuing with the construction of the plant. Oh yes, the powerplant will be coal fired.
The energy meltdown is coming. The middle part of the country is heavily dependent on coal power. Without new coal fired plants, the middle part of the country will not have reliable air conditioning in the summer. The greenshirts are coming to take away your air conditioning.
*** However, the power company is continuing with the construction of the plant. Oh yes, the powerplant will be coal fired.***
That would be the John Turk power plant. Interesting thing about John Turk. He built the Flint Creek Power Plant in NW Arkansas. the Arkansas environmental standards were so high he told us he would NEVER build another coal powered plant in Arkansas. Now he has one named after him...in Arkansas.
Crap like this shouldn’t even be in the courts. That’s what the commission is for. We can’t keep living with these loony nuts who run to mommy all the time. These people will have us living below poverty. They’ll have us naked and eating dirt.
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