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Studies Say Proposed Kentucky Power Plants Require New Laws, Regulations.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, December, 2001

Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 21--FRANKFORT, Ky.--Kentucky can deal with the impacts of a raft of proposed power plants, but it will take new laws and regulations, two studies released yesterday say.

A study by the state Public Service Commission said, for example, that a law is needed to ensure local customers get first preference if a transmission line becomes overloaded.

And a study from the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet recommended new standards for some air emissions, groundwater monitoring at ash ponds and a law that would require power plants to obtain water withdrawal permits.

The studies were presented to the Kentucky Energy Policy Advisory Board, appointed...

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