Protect Kansas Air & Water Quality
Stop KCPL's plans to build another
dirty coal burning power plant!

At this hearing, Sierra Club will testify in opposition to an agreement between the KCC and Kansas City Power & Light ("KCPL") to build a new 800 megawatt coal burning power plant in Weston, Missouri .

We need your support! Please come to this hearing;
Bring your friends and family. You do not have to testify; your presence alone can make a difference.

For more information, contact Brooks Albery at brooksalbery_sr@yahoo.com.
For a PDF to print and pass out, click here

Reasons to oppose the proposed power plant:

• The plant will use old coal burning technology, contributing to local air pollution and producing huge volumes of global warming CO2 emissions.
• The plant will have no dedicated mercury controls, like activated carbon absorption which can achieve up to 85% removal. The scrubbers, designed for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide removal will, incidentally, will remove 25 to 30% of the mercury.
• While the Iatan 2 plant itself will add mercury to the total load on our streams, the planned addition of scrubbers to some older plants, Iatan 1 and LaCygne, will remove a little of the mercury they are currently emitting so the net of all parts of the plan might be a small overall reduction. There would be a significant reduction if the proposed plant was not built but the improvements to Iatan 1 and LaCygne were still done. It should also be noted that KCP&L would eventually be required to make the improvements to its older plants anyway.
• KCPL does not need the capacity for local retail sales and appears to be building the plant for profitable unregulated wholesale sales.
• Energy efficiency programs must be used first to reduce demand and the need for more electricity
• Electricity generation costs for coal and other fossil fuels are rising while costs for wind and renewable energy production are falling.
• Building a new coal plant now wastes a critical opportunity to foster development of alternative sources of energy.
• Kansas imports $2 billion worth of energy every year yet has wind resources that could turn Kansas into an exporter of clean energy in the region. This industry needs to be developed now.
• The KCC is allowing KCPL to push all financial risks for choosing the wrong technology onto rate payers and off shareholders.