SWEPCO seeking to rebuild Ashdown plant
Roby Brock reports this morning that SWEPCO has filed an application with the PSC to rebuild its Ashdown transmission plant – Patterson station – for approximately $12.4 million. SWEPCO projects a life expectancy of 42 years for the proposed Patterson Station facilities.
SWEPCO has made headlines in the state throughout the application process for its coal-firdd plant in Hempstead County (and its proposed rate increase), and its reputation varies depending on where you live and where you get your news. The company is held in high regard in most of southwest Arkansas, where some residents who call here feel ignored by and displaced from the rest of the state. To them, SWEPCO has been one of the few companies willing to invest money and jobs into the region, and the environmental debate has not registered as high here as it has elsewhere.
SWEPCO has made headlines in the state throughout the application process for its coal-firdd plant in Hempstead County (and its proposed rate increase), and its reputation varies depending on where you live and where you get your news. The company is held in high regard in most of southwest Arkansas, where some residents who call here feel ignored by and displaced from the rest of the state. To them, SWEPCO has been one of the few companies willing to invest money and jobs into the region, and the environmental debate has not registered as high here as it has elsewhere.
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