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Mississippi Power settles with Sierra Club over Kemper plant
After four long years of Sierra Club legal challenges to Mississippi Power's Kemper coal plant, Mississippi Power has reached a settlement with the Sierra Club -- which includes conversions or closures of some of its generating units. The agreement brings $15 million in energy efficiency and clean energy investments to the state, sets the stage for homeowners to install solar power, and requires power plants in Gulfport, Mississippi and Greene County, Alabama to stop burning coal over the next 20 months.
Kemper construction. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/XTUV0010
The utility is planning to repower, convert to natural gas, or retire several units at its Watson, Sweatt and Greene County plants as the most economical way to comply with federal environmental standards and other obligations within the settlement.
At Plant Watson, Mississippi Power will no longer use coal, converting its two remaining coal-fired units to natural gas no later than April 16, 2015. The plant already has three units that operate on natural gas. At Plant Greene County, Mississippi Power will cease coal operations and convert two units to natural gas no later than April 16, 2016. At Plant Sweatt, the company will retire two of the existing natural gas units and repower with more advanced technology, or convert to an alternative non fossil-fuel source no later than Dec. 31, 2018.
"With the repowering, natural gas conversion or retirement of certain units, Mississippi Power's energy mix is expected to be 60 percent powered by natural gas in 2020," said Ed Holland, president and CEO of Mississippi Power. "This further illustrates the importance of the Kemper County energy facility, which will use locally-mined, low-cost lignite, in maintaining a diverse fuel mix for our customers."
As part of the settlement agreement, the Sierra Club has agreed to dismiss and withdraw all pending legal and regulatory challenges against the Kemper project and Plant Daniel and refrain from formally intervening in all existing and anticipated regulatory proceedings for these two plants for a period of three years.
The 582 MW Kemper County energy facility is expected to generate in-state electricity for Mississippi Power customers in 2015. At the 2,077 MW, four unit fossil-fueled Plant Daniel, a $660 million scrubber project is underway to ensure compliance with the new federal environmental standards by April 2016. Once the upgrades are complete, 95 percent of the plant's sulfur dioxide emissions are expected to be removed.
Other highlights of the settlement include establishing and funding a $15 million grant for an energy efficiency and renewable energy program with the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community Foundation, and complying with standards for a 100-year rainfall event when building future retention ponds associated with the Kemper County energy facility.
Mississippi Power has also agreed not to oppose certain aspects of the renewable net metering policy development currently being contemplated by the Mississippi Public Service Commission.
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Some members of Alaska's military community are upset after the soldier death benefit was almost denied because of the government shutdown.
When a soldier or airmen dies, the Department of Defense pays out approximately $100,000 within three days to families.
But those benefits were briefly put on hold because of the shutdown, with defense officials saying they could not provide the benefit.
The Fisher House Foundation agreed to temporarily take over payments and to be reimbursed later when the shutdown is over.
But veterans like Orlin Jenson call what's happening a slap in the face to everyone whose ever served in the military.
"That's total politics and they are taking it out on the people that are fighting to keep them free, its unbelievable," said Jenson who served in the Army during the .
"For these families to know that that's available but its an untouchable for them right now must have been absolutely heartbreaking," said Leslie Hufstedler-Alvarez, whose husband, Doyle, was killed during a patrol in Iraq in 2004 after driving more than 450 pounds of underground explosives.
Without those benefits she and her daughter Gracie would have struggled.
"These soldiers go to war and they are promised a number of things, first of all that their families that are left behind will be taken care of if anything happens to them."
Both Hufstedler-Alvarez and Jenson say the benefit should have never been in danger of going away.
Which is why their message to Congress and President Barack Obama is the same: figure things out before more families are hurt again.
"It's a terrible headache and a disgrace to the nation that this has even come to pass," said Hufstedler-Alvarez.
There hasn't been an Alaska military combat death since August 2012, but military officials say there are almost 1,300 soldiers and airmen on deployments around the world.

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A protester perched in a doomed fig tree was the centre of attention yesterday as Eurobodalla Shire Council crews continued the removal of two Moreton Bay figs in Moruya's Russ Martin Park.
Tuross Head's Ruth Halverson sat in the tree with a sign reading "Save these fig trees". She conversed with some of the crew members and spoke on a mobile phone to the Enviromental Defenders Office to pursue legal ways of having work stopped.
She began her vigil on Monday night.
"I only found out the trees were being removed on Monday, and I quickly got a petition going and got 40 signatures in a short space of time, and then began this protest," she said.
"There is no need to kill these trees, there are other options. These trees are extremely old and they have a lot of history. I want to speak for these trees, because they can't speak for themselves."
Ms Halverson said she had no intention of coming down. The police arrived on the scene, but did not arrest her.
A council spokesperson said a police rescue team had been dispatched to Moruya from Bega to assist and, as there had been negotiations with the woman throughout the day, council expected she would agree to leave the tree when the team arrived. However a South East Forests Rescue spokesman claimed Ms Halverson was determined to remain in the tree until its protection was granted.
Council says that the trees, determined by a consultant arborist as being unable to benefit from treatment for Fig Psyllid disease and fungi, Phellinus, are being removed to protect public safety.
"It is a sad day for us but it is something that has got to be done," council's Infrastructure Service director Warren Sharpe said.
A crowd of about 50 people gathered around the fenced off site to witness the work being carried out.
Many were from the Moruya indigenous community and were in despair about the destruction of the trees.
"I'm not happy," said Moruya's Denine Brierley, whose family has played in the trees for decades.
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Ron Stewart believes that the trees were healthy and that they have sentimental value for many Moruya residents.
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Council will be planting new fig trees in Russ Martin Park tomorrow during a special replanting ceremony with Moruya school children from 2pm.


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TAGGED AS "Boat", Bamboo, Chinese culture, Installation, Pearl Lam Galleries, Plastic Factory, Rice Paper, Shanghai, Space ships, Xuan, Zhu Jinshi
It has been a while since I have seen a piece of art that has left me speach-less. When I walked into the Plastic Factory and saw this installation by Zhu Jinshi I was silenced. It is unbelievable. The piece is known as "Boat" and is made of Xuan paper (rice pape) which has so many rich connotations in Chinese culture and bamboo. It took 50 days to construct. The matter of material which Zhu Jinshi uses is of great importance, the work is made of traditional Chinese materials and the use of Xuan paper is of particular importance as it resonates tensile strength and is resistant to corrosion and mould. Aside from this paper is often burnt to honor the dead in China, as they pass from the living to the afterlife, something which somebody with a knowledge of Chinese culture would not fail to remember when looking at "Boat".
There is not fixed place from where to view it – although standing in the centre of the piece has a weirdly calming effect. There is something very futuristic about the piece yet the use of material reminds us of Chinese history and culture. It seems clear to me when looking at "Boat" that Zhu Jinshi is concerned with the matter of time in a philosophical sense as well as cultural, there is something about this work that is able to tease us in our thoughts between east/west, future/history, traditional boats/space ships. For those of you in Shanghai make time! It is on at Pearl Lam Special Project Space at the Plastic factory, click here for more details.