Springfield, Mo., voters nix 300-MW coal-fired project

Washington DC (Platts)--4Aug2004

Voters in Springfield, Mo., rejected on Tuesday a proposal to finance and
construct a 300-MW coal-fired power plant for the city. The new station would
have been located adjacent to the existing Southwest station and would have
burned Powder River Basin coal.  The vote on whether to sell $515 million in
bonds to finance the plant was 19,587 (48%) in favor and 21,073 (52%) opposed.
Passage of the proposal would have imposed a 16% electric rate increase on the
citizens.

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