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In Nov. 2004, Springfield voters rejected the Southwest power plant, but City Utilities of Springfield (SCU) put the plant on the ballot as a special election in June 2006, at which point the vote passed.[1]
On Aug. 24, 2006, the Sierra Club appealed a Missouri judge’s decision to allow City Utilities of Springfield to go forward with plans to build Southwest II.[2] In August 2007, the Missouri Supreme Court declined to hear Sierra Club’s appeal of the permit.[3]
City Councilman Doug Burlison initiated a petition asking state auditors to consider whether the way SCU handled the permit was improper; the petition gathered 5,874 signatures, more than the 5,000 necessary to force a state audit. State Auditor Susan Montee’s 73-page report, released Dec. 18, 2007, criticizes SCU for behaving more like a corporation than a public utility, and suggests that SCU contributions to local organizations may violate the Missouri State Constitution. The Missouri Attorney General will be responsible for any final decision on SCU’s practices.[4]
The plant began operating in November 2010, and began producing power commercially in January 2011.[5] The plant burns about 87,000 pounds of coal an hour at full power.[6]
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Project Details
Sponsor: Springfield City Utilities
Location: Springfield, MO
Capacity: 330 MW
Type: Conventional pulverized coal
Projected in service: 2011
Status: Operating November 2010
Financing
Citizen Groups
- Columbia Climate Change Coalition, monta [at] columbiaclimatechangecoalition.org
- Missouri Sierra Club, Melissa Hope, melissa.hope [at] sierraclub.org
- Missouri Coalition for the Environment, Erin Noble, enoble [at] moenviron.org
Resources
References
- ↑ "Southwest 2: This Time, Voters Say Yes", News Leader, June 7, 2006.
- ↑ "Permit Errors and Future Pollution Levels Prompt Sierra Club Appeal", Missouri Sierra Club, September 2006.
- ↑ "Highest Court Last Resort for Sierra Club in Mo. Coal-Plant Duel", LegalNewsline, August 23, 2007.
- ↑ “Audit Criticizes CU; Utility Fires Back", News-Leader, December 19, 2007.
- ↑ "New coal-fired power plant begins producing electricity in southwest Missouri" KSPR, Nov. 9, 2010.
- ↑ Wes Johnson, "Southwest 2 power plant now burning coal" News-Leader.com, Nov. 20, 2010.
Related SourceWatch Articles
- Missouri and coal
- United States and coal
- Carbon Capture and Storage
- Existing U.S. Coal Plants
- US proposed coal plants (both active and cancelled)
- Coal plants cancelled in 2007
- Coal plants cancelled in 2008
External links
- "Tracking New Coal-Fired Power Plants", National Energy Technology Lab, May 2007, page 15. (Pdf)
- "Stopping the Coal Rush", Sierra Club, accessed January 2008. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)
- SW2, project overview on City Utilities corporate website, accessed January 2008
- City Utilities news updates, News-Leader, accessed January 2008. (This is a page aggregating CU-related articles published by the paper).
