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Billions At Stake: Should We Invest In Struggling Power Plants Or Communities Facing Closures?
August 23, 2018 – by Sonia Aggarwal in Forbes. Editor’s note: Coal-fired power plants in the Tri-State are experiencing similar issues in that they cannot compete in the marketplace of producing electricity due to a variety of economic and physical factors. None are less … Continue reading
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Tagged AEP, Big Rivers, Coal, Duke Energy, Indiana coal, IPL, Kentucky coal, nuclear, obsolete coal plants, TVA, Vectren
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Even on a “clear” day pollution abounds in Rockport, Indiana
October 14, 2012-by John Blair, valley watch.net editor. AEP’s Rockport power plant not only dominates the skyline in SW Indiana, it also makes clouds. A close inspection of this photo taken © October 12, 2012 by John Blair shows several impacts … Continue reading
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Tagged AEP, Coal, coal pollution, Indiana, Ohio RIver, Rockport pollution
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South Bend Trib-Shine a light on this rate increase
October 9, 2011-Editorial in the South Bend Tribune If you are among Indiana Michigan Power’s 458,000 customers in Indiana, you already may be worrying about how you’ll pay your bill if the utility makes its case for a 22.7 percent … Continue reading
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Tagged AEP, Indiana electric rates, IURC, Rate increase, Rockport, Valley Watch
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NRDC report: Indiana among nation’s worst power plant polluters
July 22, 2001 -by Linda Greene in the Bloomington Alternative. Indiana is the sixth worst state in the production of toxic industrial air pollution, surpassed by only Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Kentucky and Maryland. The assessment was made by the National … Continue reading