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TVA Wants More Input on 2 Units at Shawnee Plant

TVA Wants More Input on 2 Units at Shawnee Plant
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By The Associated Press/West Kentucky Star Staff
Nov. 26, 2014 | WEST PADUCAH, KY
By The Associated Press/West Kentucky Star Staff Nov. 26, 2014 | 04:11 PM | WEST PADUCAH, KY
The Tennessee Valley Authority is offering another opportunity for the public to comment on options being considered for the future of the Shawnee Fossil Plant in western Kentucky.
 
The agency is accepting comments through December 9 on a draft environmental assessment of either installing emissions controls on two units at the plant, retrofitting them to bio-mass, or retiring them by the end of 2017.
 
TVA says it considered about 90 public comments in developing its draft assessment. It is asking for another round of comments from making a final
recommendation to its board. TVA must inform the Environmental Protection Agency of its decision by the end of the year.
 
Seven other coal-fired units at Shawnee aren't affected by the proposal. One unit was retired in 2010.
 
TVA spokesman Scott Brooks said the agency's current preferred alternative is installing emission controls.

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