Utility giant AEP says it will close five coal plants to comply with EPA regs

The Hill ^ | 6/9/2011 | Andrew Restuccia

[BfloGuy]

Utility giant American Electric Power said Thursday that it will shut down five coal-fired power plants and spend billions of dollars to comply with a series of pending Environmental Protection Agency regulations.

[BfloGuy]

Sort of gives the old saying "will the last one out please turn off the lights" a new connotation. Unfortunately, we'll still be here -- sitting in the dark. Ayn Rand wrote a book called "Return of the Primitive". We're living it.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[MichaelP]

I'd hate to be buying my power from them, bills are gonna double or treble!

Mike

[freespirited]

The costs of complying with the regulations will result in an increase in electricity prices of 10 to 35 percent and cost 600 jobs, AEP said.

The money quote.

[ClearCase_guy]

That’s OK. We can all live in caves and eat nuts and berries until we die.

[Georgia Girl 2]

This is absolutely outrageous. Taking 5 power plants off line is an enormous loss of power. Americans are going to start seeing rolling brown outs at some point if this continues. Maybe then everybody will get mad enough to call and scream at the no nothing do nothings in Congress to control the EPA. That agency has to be eliminated and soon.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

We must not reelect Obama.

[HereInTheHeartland]

Another “It's time for pitchforks and torches” moment.

We have an unaccountable government agency making policy decisions that are destroying our economy.

Where are our elected reps to stop this madness?

[lexington minuteman 1775]

i THINK we are rapidly approaching the torches and pitchforks era!

[lexington minuteman 1775]

i THINK we are rapidly approaching the torches and pitchforks era!

[SouthTexas]

I do, in a roundabout way with our deregulation.

[BfloGuy]

Y’know, that 35% increase in electricity rates will sure cut down on the benefits of your brand-new Chevy Volt, won’t it!

[autumnraine]

It’s our fault for allowing this unelected group/agency to create essential laws.

[rightwingextremist1776]

I think we are beyond torches and pitchforks and headed right to the lock and load mode....

[MichaelP]

What gripes me is that many of the idiots that will vote for Obama will be screaming the loudest when their bills go up!

Mike

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Another “It's time for pitchforks and torches” moment... Where are our elected reps to stop this madness?

Perhaps that's what the torches are for, to locate them? But I have long since concluded that the pitchforks-and-torches moment is not going to occur. Not enough people give enough damb. Physically attending a protest or demonstration is just too inconvenient for the busy sheep, and too strenuous for the fat sheep, and too risky for the falsely-secure sheep.

[unixfox]

Look on the bright side. The people that are gonna lose their jobs can “invest” in new “green” initiatives. They can help save the world now.

[hoosierham]

Possession of torches and pitchforks is not allowed except for government-approved workers.

Your comment has been catergorized as terroristic by the TSA and Homeland Security.Report to the nearest ACORN re-education facility with 24 hours.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

http://www.aep.com

For more info.

[vanilla swirl]

I’ll have tolook for that book.