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Commissioners agree to consider signing letter supporting AES Warrior Run DOE application
Summary
County staff read a draft letter urging the U.S. Department of Energy to consider AES Warrior Run's application to recommission its plant. Commissioners indicated willingness to sign but cautioned the public that the letter is an early-stage expression of support and not a guarantee the plant will reopen.
County Administrator Bennett read a proposed letter to the U.S. Department of Energy supporting AES Warrior Run's application under the Department's restarting reliability and coal recommissioning funding opportunity. The draft said Warrior Run has been a long-time regional energy asset, uses circulating fluidized bed combustion with limestone injection and could be operational within six months with minimal reactivation work, according to the letter text presented.
Bennett asked whether the commissioners would sign the letter. One commissioner said he was eager to sign; another cautioned the public not to interpret the letter as a guarantee and described it as an early-stage, supportive step in AES's application process.
No formal vote to sign the letter was recorded in the transcript; the administrator said he would leave the letter for the commissioners to sign if they chose.
Speakers
- County Administrator Bennett - Commissioner Atkinson
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