Southern Co. Warns Against Making Kemper Plant Model For EPA GHG Rule

Utility giant Southern Company is striking a delicate balance as it nears completion of a high-profile Mississippi coal plant capable of capturing a majority of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, touting the project as a successful collaboration between industry and government while at the same time urging that EPA's imminent rule to limit GHG emissions from new power plants not rely on the project as evidence that carbon capture is adequately demonstrated. Southern Company's balancing comes amid expectations that EPA's...