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LS Power Cancels Plans to Build 750 MW Coal Plant in Michigan
Case Updates:
May 1, 2009
Great news! On May 1, 2009, LS Power announced that it has cancelled plans to build it's $1.9 billion, 750-megawatt Mid Michigan coal plant in Midland, Michigan. The company cited the poor economy and "regulatory uncertainties" for the decision. Although the Mid-Michigan plant is just one of eight proposed coal-fired power plants in Michigan, Tiffany Hartung, associate regional representative for the Sierra Club, said LS Power's decision reflects a national trend "that coal plants are a financially riskly business."
Bruce Nilles, head of Sierra Club's efforts to stop coal power plants, hailed the LS Power action as a major win in the fight for a clean energy future. "Michigan and the Midwest are ground zero for coal-fired power plants," Nilles said. "The era of new coal plants is nearing the end."
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