Thursday, January 12, 2006

Power Plant to Shut Down Because of Too Much Pollution One to Ten Billion to keep it open.  Money quotes... The cost of adding pollution controls to the power plant has been estimated at $1 billion. Edison told California regulators that it hoped to negotiate a deal to keep the plant running while it installs the controls, a process that is expected to take several years. Environmentalists claimed in their lawsuit that the plant had violated the Clean Air Act more than 40,000 times during the 1990s, making it liable for up to $10 billion in fines. Even as it announced the closure of the facility, Edison continued to dispute those allegations Thursday, maintaining that the plant had complied with state and federal standards. 4:29:41 PM    comment []

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