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Clean Air,
   Clean Energy

PRESS RELEASE:
EKPC member-ratepayers request formal review of loan guarantees to financially strained co-op

VIEW EKPC Financial Analysis Memo

VIEW Member Letter to USDA Inspector General

PRESS RELEASE:
STATE AIR DIVISION CALLED ON TO DENY FAULTY POWER PLANT PERMIT; CHOOSE COST-EFFECTIVE, CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS


KEF and Other Organizations Unite to Take Action for Clean Energy Policy

HOUSE BILL HB408 INTRODUCED
PRESS RELEASE

 Fact Sheet

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Kentuckians to DAQ: Pollution
from proposed
coal-burning plant would harm public health

PRESS RELEASE from Smith Hearing
February 4th

 

State releases draft air permit for EKPC's Smith 1
coal-fired power plant in Clark Co.

KEF, KFTC & Sierra Club respond
January 4th press release:
"Pollution permit for coal-fired plant threatens air, public health"

Complaint to KY Public
Service Commission
on EKPC's Proposed Smith
Coal-fired Power Plant
Filed October 28
Plaintiffs' October 29 press release on Complaint
"Coal-burning power plant proposed by
East Kentucky Power Cooperative not needed "

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New analysis reveals investment in green energy
would create thousands of jobs in KY:

"An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy in the East Kentucky
Power Cooperative Region"
prepared by the Ochs Center

July 9 press release announcing new report
"More than 8,000 New Clean Energy Jobs Possible in KY"

KEF, KFTC and the Sierra Club release assessment of EKPC's Integrated Resource Plan:

"Preliminary Assessment of East Kentucky Power
Cooperative's 2009 Resource Plan"
prepared by Synapse Energy Economics, Inc.

June 10 press release announcing "Preliminary Assessment"
"Co-op utility unprepared for future of carbon regulation,
may put members at risk for up to $600 million"

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KEF's Issues



U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy:
Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program - Wind Powering America

Too Risky
for Kentucky Factsheet

News
Public News Service
03/01/10 "Energy efficiency could earn KY families hundreds of dollars"
Lexington Herald-Leader
02/11/10   "Bill would require renewable energy"
Louisville Courier Journal
02/10/10 "House bill would force Kentucky to use more renewable"
Public News Service
02/05/10 "State hears from residents on proposed coal burning plant"
WTVQ 36
02/04/10    "EKPC Proposed coal burning plant"
Lexington Herald-Leader
02/03/10    "Coal-burning plant would add pollution"
01/31/10 "Renewable energy requirement urged in KY"
01/28/10 "Kentucky greenhouse-emission growth worst in nation, panel told"
Lexington Herald-Leader
01/08/10   LTE "Amen on EKPC"
Richmond Register
01/05/10 "Controversy over proposed Clark County coal plant heating up"
Louisville Courier Journal
01/04/10 "Hearing scheduled for Clark County, Ky., power plant"
Lexington Herald-Leader
01/04/10 "Permit for electric plant under fire"
12/23/09 "PSC orders East Kentucky Power to justify Clark Co. plant"
12/22/09 Editorial  "Shaky finances a risk to consumers"
Winchester Sun
12/11/09 Op-Ed  "Coal may not be EKPC's answer for inexpensive, reliable energy"

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