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| Deal Reached On Kansas Coal Plant |
| 2009-05-07 |
A deal between Kansas' new governor and a utility would allow one coal-fired power plant to be built in western Kansas. The deal between Gov. Mark Parkinson and Sunflower Electric Power Corp. President Earl Watkins is contingent upon the Legislature passing a comprehensive energy package that would include incentives to use renewable energy sources.
Parkinson told reporters about the agreement at a news conference Monday. Hays-based Sunflower had wanted to build two plants in Holcomb. Parkinson said the agreement allows one 895-megawatt plant with an unprecedented level of measures to offset carbon-dioxide emissions.
Parkinson's predecessor, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, last month vetoed energy legislation that included the two Sunflower plants. Sebelius resigned to become U.S. health and human services secretary.
House statement at link. This has been going on for 19 months. There was a statement that this would not pass and resisting the inevitable renewable energy push was "futile". |
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