Kentucky Regulators: West Virginia Coal Plant Should Close in 2028

[TexasTowelie]

Kentucky utility regulators reached a decision this week that could mean a northern West Virginia power plant will have to close years sooner than planned.

The Kentucky Public Service Commission on Thursday rejected Kentucky Power’s request to perform environmental compliance work on the Mitchell Plant near Moundsville, West Virginia.

Under federal rules, the coal-burning plant requires a new wastewater handling system to continue operating through 2040. Without it, the plant will have to close by the end of 2028.

The project’s total cost is $133.5 million, with Kentucky Power’s portion totaling $67 million. The company owns half the Mitchell Plant along with Wheeling Power.

Read more: https://www.wvpublic.org/government/2021-07-16/kentucky-regulators-west-virginia-coal-plant-should-close-in-2028

[OnDoutside]

1. Bit of an irony here....

[TexasTowelie]

2. You noticed too.

But those jobs are in West Virginia so why should Kentucky care?

[OnDoutside]

3. Yep, and both republican states.