[TheRealVille]

RV, feel free to point out any and all mistakes in AEP's press release that addresses the costs of the Obama EPA regulatory program. Explain to us the economic impact of forcing utilities to retire units prematurely to meet burdensome regulations instead of modernizing them as they reach the end of their productive life. Explain why pursuing this policy will not impact the customers of every affected utility shown on the map above.

Go ahead and set me straight on this topic. I know that you are a highly skilled union laborer and I am but a mere engineer and computer programmer but I will do my best to keep up.

Where does AEP have it wrong?

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Big Sandy Plant, Louisa, Ky. – Units 1 and 2 (1,078 MW) retired by Dec. 31, 2014;
Big Sandy Unit 1 would be rebuilt as a 640-MW natural gas plant by Dec. 31, 2015;

What you don't know is that AEP changed the plans, from closing both units(as attested to in your June article, to turning one to gas(Unit 1) and put scrubbers on the other(Unit 2). All these changes with Unit 2 happened somtime in September, months after your June article. Unless you are a mechanical engineer you would know zilch about the workings of a powerplant. If you were a mechanical engineer you wouldn't be behind a desk playing with computers, because those guys demand very high bucks in my trade, to the tune of about 200k or more a year. Civil engineers are a dime a dozen, BTW. I have about 2-3 civil engineer acquaintances that couldn't stick their finger in their ass on a construction job, and are working at a little more than minimum wage type jobs at present.