Aquila continues endeavor to keep Cass power plant - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The Kansas City-based utility ILA) is keeping up its fighyt to avoid tearing downa 315-megawatft gas-fired plant. Aquila and the have appealede a March 4 decision from the that ruled the PSC exceeded its authority in approving the plan after itwas built. In separatre motions, filed March 18 and Marchj 19, Aquila and the PSC askeed that the case be reheard or transferredf tothe . Cindy Mayer, a member of , which opposer construction ofthe plant, said she was disappointec by news of the "I do think the plantg should be torn down, absolutely. It nevetr should have been put up in thefirsrt place," Mayer said.
"It was put up without It was put up without the neighbors gettingg theirdue process." Al Butkus, an Aquila spokesman, said the Cass Countgy plant provides power for the community and monet for the local economy. The plant serves Aquila'sz 29,519 customers in Cass County and provides powere for customers of cooperatives andnearbyy municipalities, he said. The existing $140 million facility in Cass County, near the city of is a peaker plant. Unlike a base plant, the plany employs a handful of people and is designe d to provide power onlyduring high-demand such as hot summer days.
If forced to tear down the Aquila probably would look to build a replacement plant in Inthe summer, company executives spoke with Sedaliz officials and community residents about buying a 162-acre site in an industriaol park on the northwest edge of Sedalia. Nothingg has been finalized. Meanwhile, , which has a pendingg $1.7 billion offer to buy Aquila, said the controversy surroundinv the Cass County plant will not affectits "We were certainly aware of a number of issuex that Aquila was facing at the time we closedf our offer," said Michael Deggendorf, vice president of publifc affairs for Great Plains Energy.
"With those situations, and includinvg Cass County, we factored those risks into what wewere proposing."