Environmentalists back in court to fight Kemper coal plant
by Associated Press
Published: April 26,2012
Tags: bench, coal, construction, courts, electricity, energy, environment, environmentalists, environmernt, judges, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, natural gas, Power plant, utilities
KEMPER COUNTY — Environmentalists have gone back to court with their continued opposition to construction of a coal power plant in east Mississippi.
In the latest court filing in Harrison County Chancery Court, the Sierra Club of Mississippi wants the plant’s builder, Mississippi Power Co., to assume the risk of construction while the appeal proceeds. It also has asked a judge to stop the construction.
The Mississippi Public Service Commission on Tuesday gave new approval for the coal-fired power plant in Kemper County.
The PSC had to vote for the plant again after the state Supreme Court ruled last month that regulators didn’t fully explain why they raised a cost cap from $2.4 billion to $2.88 billion. The Sierra Club, which opposes the plant, brought the lawsuit that led to that decision.
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