Opponents accuse company, commission of collaboration
By: Jim Williamson - Texarkana Gazette
The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved an application Thursday from SWEPCO to construct a 600-megawatt, coal-fueled power plant near Fulton, Ark.
Commissioners voted 2-1 during the open meeting in Austin, granting SWEPCO a certificate to build the controversial power plant in Southwest Arkansas that is opposed by environmental groups.
SWEPCO has now received construction approval from all three of the states it serves. The five-member Louisiana Public Service Commission unanimously approved the request for certification on March 19. The Arkansas Public Service Commission approved SWEPCO’s request Nov. 21, 2007, and declined a request by intervenors in the case for rehearing on Dec. 31, 2007. Intervenors have since appealed the case to the Arkansas Court of Appeals, where it is pending.
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