{Louisville,
Kentucky}…State leaders say a nearly $1 billion project to update pollution
controls at LG&E's Mill Creek Generating Station in Louisville will be a
boost for Kentucky's coal industry. The upgrades are expected to add about 700
construction jobs. They will also allow the 1,400-megawatt plant to continue to
burn coal by meeting stricter federal air regulations that go in force in 2016.
LG&E says the upgrades will remove 98 percent of the sulfur dioxide from
the plant's emissions. Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Len
Peters says the $940 million upgrade shows power plants "can use coal in
an environmentally conscious manner."
