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Utility backs off on wind farm
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
02/24/2008
KANSAS CITY — Kansas City Power & Light says financing problems are forcing it to put off the construction this year of a 100-megawatt wind farm that is part of a deal to build its newest coal-fired power plant.
KCP&L and the Sierra Club announced a comprehensive energy plan in March 2007 in which the environmental advocacy group said it would cease its objections to the Iatan 2 power plant, under construction near Weston, in exchange for the utility’s agreement to build 400 megawatts of wind energy by 2012 and implement greater conservation and pollution-cutting strategies.
Great Plains Energy Inc., KCP&L’s parent company, said in a regulatory filing that it was “committed to evaluating” the construction of additional wind farms in 2009 and later. Mike Chesser, Great Plains’ chief executive, told The Kansas City Star that KCP&L’s agreement with the Sierra Club would be met, including the full amount of required wind energy by 2012.
“Our reputation is on the line on this,” Chesser said.
See the Post Dispatch website for the rest of the story.
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