After months of debate and legislative battles, Sunflower Electric Power Corp. will be allowed to build a new, coal-fired power plant in Southwest Kansas. Trace the history of the disagreement and look back on how we got here.
Video: State lawmakers racing to finalize coal deal
A day after Gov. Mark Parkinson announced a deal allowing one new coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas, state lawmakers are looking to move quickly to close the deal. Watch »
Video: Parkinson agrees to allow one coal power plant in Holcomb
One new coal-fired power plant could be on its way to southwest Kansas. Watch »
Video: House passes bill allowing coal plant construction
The Kansas House passes a bill allowing Sunflower Electric Power Corp. to build two coal-fired power plants in western Kansas. Watch »
Video: Coal company demands apology
The head of Sunflower Electric Power Corporation calls on Governor Kathleen Sebelius to reverse the denial of two coal-fired plants and asks for an apology. Watch »
Video: KDHE denies coal plant permit
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Rod Bremby denied Sunflower Electric Power Corporation a permit to build a large coal-fired power plant in western Kansas. Watch »
Governor's announcement on the coal plant agreement
Sunflower Electric Power Company's statement about the coal plant agreement
The Holcomb Expansion Project
After months of debate and legislative battles, Sunflower Electric Power Corp. will be allowed to build a new, coal-fired power plant in Southwest Kansas. Trace the history of the disagreement and look back on how we got here.
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- EPA: State must conduct review, hold hearings on latest coal-plant proposal
- 04:40 p.m., July 1, 2009 Updated 03:40 p.m.
- The EPA has told state officials to conduct a comprehensive review of the new proposal to build a coal-burning power plant in southwest Kansas, and allow public input on the project.
- Sierra Club wants hearings on new coal-plant proposal
- 02:41 p.m., June 22, 2009 Updated 04:06 p.m.
- Environmentalists on Monday demanded that the state hold public hearings on Sunflower Electric Power Corp.’s new proposal to build an 895-megawatt coal-burning power plant in southwest Kansas.
- Deal announced on building electricity transmission lines
- June 2, 2009
- Gov. Mark Parkinson announced a settlement Monday between two companies competing to build an ultra high-voltage power line from near Dodge City to Wichita and the Oklahoma border to carry wind power to eastern Kansas and out-of-state markets.
- Energy bill now state law
- By 2020, utilities must provide 20% of power through renewable sources
- 11:21 a.m., May 22, 2009 Updated 11:38 a.m.
- Gov. Mark Parkinson signed into law a renewable energy bill that was part of a deal to allow construction of an 895-megawatt coal-burning power plant in southwest Kansas.
- Kansans willing to pay more for greener energy practices, poll finds
- May 13, 2009
- Kansans are willing to pay more green to go green, according to a poll released Wednesday.
- Kansas Legislature passes bill allowing coal-fired power plant
- 11:51 a.m., May 8, 2009 Updated 02:32 p.m.
- A renewable energy bill won final legislative approval Friday, which would allow Gov. Mark Parkinson and a utility to close a deal that would give southwest Kansas a new coal-fired power plant. The House approved the bill, 103-18, sending it to Parkinson, who had made its passage a condition for allowing Sunflower Electric Power Corp. to build an 895-megawatt power plant near Holcomb in Finney County.
- Bill connected to coal plant clears committee
- May 7, 2009
- Construction of a coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas moved closer to reality Wednesday as a key piece of legislation cleared an early hurdle. The bill contains renewable energy proposals backed by Gov. Mark Parkinson, who made its passage a condition of his agreement to a deal allowing Sunflower Electric Power Corp. to build an 895-megawatt power plant near Holcomb in Finney County.
- Parkinson: Legislation to authorize Sunflower coal plant construction will pass
- May 6, 2009
- Gov. Mark Parkinson says legislation to make a western Kansas coal-fired power plant a reality will pass the Legislature.
- Environmentalists condemn coal-plant agreement as bad deal for Kansas
- Parkinson defends agreement with Sunflower Electric Power Corp. as a victory for state
- 05:49 p.m., May 5, 2009 Updated 05:49 p.m.
- As details of the coal-burning power plant settlement between Gov. Mark Parkinson and Sunflower Electric Power Corp. emerged, environmentalists condemned the deal as bad for Kansas.
- Legislators hope to bring swift end to coal battle with necessary legislation
- 12:20 p.m., May 5, 2009 Updated 04:55 p.m.
- Legislators promised Tuesday to move quickly to enact a deal allowing a western Kansas utility to build a coal-fired power plant and ending a 19-month dispute between the governor’s office and the company.
- Timeline of coal-fired plants proposals
- May 5, 2009
- Timeline of coal-fired plants proposals from November 2006 to May 2009.
- State reaches agreement to enable one coal plant to be built at Holcomb
- Parkinson agrees to build single facility with ‘green’ offsets
- 03:43 p.m., May 4, 2009 Updated 08:11 a.m.
- The State of Kansas and Sunflower Electric Power Co. have reached an agreement resolving ongoing litigation over whether coal-fired power plants will be built in southwest Kansas.
- Parkinson upset over energy impasse
- May 1, 2009
- An impasse over energy policy in Kansas bothers Gov. Mark Parkinson.
- Robocall urging coal plant support hits KU lines
- Regents, university have policy against using phones for political purposes, but call is legal
- April 21, 2009
- A Kansas University employee said Tuesday she received a robocall on her work phone that urged her to tell her legislator to vote to overturn Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ veto of two 700-megawatt coal-burning power plants.
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