Tag Archives: Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy
GPACE Executive Moving to Sierra Club Position
Allegrucci begins his work with the Beyond Coal Campaign November 28th. His work as a Senior Campaign Representative will cover the states of Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri. Continue reading
Congress Pulls Plug on Bill That Would Have Repealed Light Bulb Standards
On Tuesday, House Republicans failed to get a bill passed that would have stopped the implementation of new energy-saving standards for light bulbs. The vote, 233-193, fell short of the two-thirds majority needed for passage. Continue reading
Sunflower Avoiding 5% Solution on Coal
Correspondence produced as a result of a Kansas Open Records Act indicate Sunflower officials helped KDHE write an explanation why the 5 percent coal provision could be sidestepped. Continue reading
What’s your plan, Governor?
Gov. Sam Brownback has received praise for declaring Kansas’ Flint Hills totally off limits to wind energy development. There is no question that this pristine prairie environment must not be spoiled or endangered, but we have some concerns about what happens next. We do not doubt Brownback’s sincerity in guarding those hills, but he now must demonstrate that he is equally committed to capitalizing on his state’s vast wind energy development potential. It is much easier to declare where wind turbines cannot go than it is to open opportunities for their development. Continue reading
GPACE Comments to Colorado Public Utilities Commission Regarding 2010 Tri-State G&T IRP
Given the impact and influence of Tri-State’s direct involvement in the Holcomb coal-fired project on political and public policy outcomes in Kansas, and the significant impacts of the Holcomb Station expansion upon the health, environment, and economy of Kansans for generations to come, we believe Tri-State can and should, in the public interest, provide more detailed information about its intentions and investments regarding the Holcomb project. Continue reading
A Coal Plant Over the Rainbow: The Parkinson-KDHE-Sunflower Electric Mess
Unfortunately, too many of our own elected representatives are ambivalent toward, even supportive of, the negative health, environmental, economic, energy policy and ethical impacts of the proposed coal plant and the process that has resulted (for now) in a state permit. As a result, it will be up to federal regulators and the legal system to ensure that the rule of law is still meaningful in Kansas, and to safeguard our environmental and public health legacy for future Kansans. Whether the coal plant does or does not ever become operational, this process could and should have been much different. Continue reading
State Approves Permit for Holcomb Coal Plant
Acting Health and Environment Secretary John Mitchell announced his decision Thursday. It allows Hays-based Sunflower Electric Power Corp. to move forward with its $2.8 billion project outside Holcomb. Continue reading
Coal’s Grip on Power Debated
The number of plants recently built and being built now represent just a fraction of the 151 total plants that the federal government had forecast several years ago. Allegrucci says that shows “coal as an electricity fuel is on the wane.” And while most of the coal plants have been canceled or put on hold, renewable energy sources have been developed at a record pace. Continue reading
Scott Allegrucci: Overland Park Public Hearing Testimony
The following comments were delivered by GPACE Executive Director Scott Allegrucci at the Overland Park Public Hearing for Sunflower Electric’s Holcomb Station Expansion Project on Monday, August 2. Continue reading
Public Hearing in Salina Scheduled for Sunflower Coal Plant
A public hearing on the proposal is scheduled for Wednesday at the Kansas Highway Patrol training center. The hearing will begin at 2 p.m., with a break from 5 to 6:30, then resume until everyone has an opportunity to speak. Continue reading
