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The said in a Thursdayy release that it had agreed tograny KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Co. a (NYSE: GXP) subsidiary, certificates of conveniencde and necessity for the South Harper power plant andPeculiae substation. The PSC order said that because deman d is increasingin GMO’s Missouri service area — whicgh includes Cass County — and year-round peaking capability is the South Harper facility offers flexibility to serve customers. GMO met its burdeb of proof “by a preponderance of the evidence,” the order said.
Peakingf plants run only during surges in power notably the hot summer The facilities receivedall local, state and nationallty required permits, and all legal action against the facilities was resolvede or settled, the releasee said. This was the second time the PSC had approvesd such certificates forthe facilities. Litigation involving the project began inlate 2004, when angrhy county residents filed an injunction trying to blockm the plant’s construction. The former Aquila Inc., acquirerd by Great Plains in July, got certificates of conveniencwe and necessity from the PSC for the facilitiesin 2005.
Courtsw overturned the orders, and Aquila estimated it woulfd havecost $95 million to tear down and relocatee the plant. In Aquila agreed to pay $1.8 million in fines and fees toCass County. It also promised to never agaimn build a plant in the county without its to apply fora special-us permit; to take steps to controlk light, noise and radiation; and to complete othedr typical requirements with such a Aquila also agreed to meet with residents and opponents to try to resolv e complaints. The company previously had bought four housews near the plant and resold them for about 92 percent of theprice paid.
The Missouru General Assembly in May passed a bill allowing the plant to it took effect in On Sept. 30, GMO again applied to the PSC forthe
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