CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Three coal-fired power plants in
West Virginia have shut down operations.
Media outlets report that
Appalachian Power's Kanawha River Power Station at
Glasgow, the Kammer Power Station near Moundsville and the
Phillip Sporn Power Station at New Haven were closed Sunday.
Appalachian Power had announced in 2011 that it planned to
close the plants, along with three coal-fired plants in
Virginia, Ohio and Indiana. The company had said it would be
cost-prohibitive to equip them to comply with new federal
emission standards for mercury and other hazardous air
pollutants. Another coal-fired plant in Virginia is being
converted to natural gas.
In March, the company sent notices regarding the West
Virginia plant closures to the state and to employees.
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