Power deal hotly debated CWLP-Sierra Club pact sent to full council By CHRIS WETTERICH STAFF WRITER Published Thursday, July 13, 2006 A national model for how to burn coal in a responsible way, or an extortion scheme hatched behind closed doors. How to view the deal struck between City Water, Light and Power and the Sierra Club was hotly debated Wednesday night before the Springfield City Council utilities committee, which sent the agreement to the full council for a vote Tuesday. The deal would avert a potentially costly delay caused by an appeal by the environmental group of the city’s...