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By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Tuesday, Nov 04, 2008
American Municipal Power-Ohio and its 81 participating member communities have voted to proceed with building a new coal-fired power plant in southern Ohio.
The Columbus-based wholesale power supplier approved a limited notice to proceed. That does not mean construction will start. This is still contingent on receipt of all necessary permits and successful negotiations on state and local incentives.
But the limited notice to proceed means the project's contractor can start preliminary engineering and procurement of equipment related to the project.
A deal with that contractor is to be finalized soon, spokesman Kent Carson said.
''This is a major step forward on the project,'' said AMP-Ohio President and Chief Executive Officer Marc Gerken. The price tag on the project has climbed from $2.9 billion to just under $3.3 billion, and the plant won't be operating until 2014, about six months later than had been projected earlier.
The delay is because of growing global demand for boilers and turbines, AMP-Ohio said.
The new plant, near Racine in Meigs County, is being funded by communities in Ohio and four other states. These include Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Wadsworth, Orrville, Seville, Lodi, Brewster and Beach City. They will purchase the electricity from the 1,000-megawatt plant.
The project has come under fire from several environmental groups. Critics say the plant will contribute to global warming, and they call its anti-pollution system unproven and less effective.
AMP-Ohio officials said the project will provide affordable and reliable energy to member communities, and they defended the Powerspan technology that is being used to clean up pollution. The plant, with its ammonia-based scrubbing system, will be the cleanest in Ohio and one of the cleanest in the country, the officials said.
AMP-Ohio operates a coal-fired plant near Marietta, a hydroelectric project on the Ohio River and a commercial wind farm near Bowling Green.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
American Municipal Power-Ohio and its 81 participating member communities have voted to proceed with building a new coal-fired power plant in southern Ohio.
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