Permitting Issue for Coal Plant Headed to Kansas Supreme Court
A plan by Sunflower Electric Power Corporation to build a 895-MW, coal-fired plant near Holcomb, Kansas, faces continuing opposition from the Sierra Club over environmental permitting issues. The coop and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., which plans to buy a significant amount of energy from the plant, are hopeful that the permitting issues can be resolved. The Wichita Eagle is following this story.