GPACE analysis of the provisions of the Governor's coal plant agreement

Tell us why clean energy is important to you!

The mission of GPACE is to encourage a open, honest, and well-informed discussion about energy policy in Kansas. While legislators are beginning to discuss the need for clean energy in Kansas, some are still trying to force the construction of two coal-fired power plants. They need to hear from you! Tell us why a clean, renewable energy future is important to you.

Please submit 250 words or so, along with your name and city, to the comments section.

The 10 Questions for Sunflower supporters:

1. How is the use of our scarce (and hard earned) water resource to produce electricity for Colorado good economic policy for western Kansas?
2. How can Sunflower and supporters credibly claim that failure of the 2008 legislation has already increased rates (especially in other service areas)?
3. How much is the Sunflower project really going to cost, and why not share that information with citizens and our elected representatives?

The proposed Sunflower Electric Power Corporation Holcomb Station Expansion

Some Unanswered Questions
(and questionable claims)

If water is finite and essential to every economic and social sector...

• Kansas has been engaged in ongoing legal battles with other states (esp. CO) for decades regarding access to our water
• Western Kansas already faces recurrent drought, aquifer depletion, and increasing demand/competition for water
• So, we should turn the water for which we sued Colorado into steam to make electricity for...Colorado?
• Emissions from coal plants pollute surface water supplies