{Louisville, Kentucky}...Neighbors of Louisville Gas and Electric's Cane Run coal-burning power plant are upset that plant officials took ash samples from their properties without permission and gave a confusing explanation about the purpose of the samples. The plant has been the subject of complaints over ash and dust. The plant paid a $22,500 fine last spring and the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control Board fined the company another $24,000 in July. The second violation is still under review. This week, utility officials issued apology letters for taking ash samples from some homes without permission. The company plans to close the plant by 2016 and replace it with a natural gas plant.
