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July 13, 2005 | Public meetings scheduled on proposed power plant
Contact : Nancy Southworth Meetings in late August will be an opportunity for the public to provide input regarding Associated Electric Cooperative Inc.’s proposed power plant project. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) will hold public scoping meetings Aug. 22 at the T.J. Hall Community Center, 104 S. Main, Oregon, Mo., and Aug. 25 at the Goppert Community Building, 201 S. Pine St., Norborne, Mo., to gather public input on the development of an Environmental Impact Statement for the project. In April, AECI announced plans to build a 660-megawatt coal-based power plant to meet growing electricity demand among its member-owners: six generation and transmission cooperatives that serve 51 local distribution cooperatives in Missouri, southeast Iowa and northeast Oklahoma. The proposed plant site is near Norborne, Mo., in Carroll County. The alternate site is near Big Lake, Mo., in Holt County. During the meetings, attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about AECI and the project and provide comments to RUS. RUS hosts public scoping meetings as part of a process that evaluates alternatives and impacts of the proposed project. Based on public comments received at these meetings and studies by AECI, RUS will issue an Environmental Impact Statement. To learn more about the power plant project, visit AECI’s Web site, www.aeci.org. Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. is owned by and provides wholesale power to six regional and 51 local electric cooperative systems in Missouri, northeast Oklahoma and southeast Iowa that serve more than 800,000 customers. AECI’s mission is to provide an economical and reliable power supply and support services to its members with the vision of being the nation’s lowest-cost wholesale power supplier. AECI is a Touchstone Energy Cooperative. Released: 13 July 2005 |
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