Are there more productive ways to allocate the $3 billion AMP is asking its members to provide for this 50-year deal?

Circumstances have changed significantly since this plant was first proposed in 2002.
In 2002, building a coal plant seemed to be a way for communities to control their own destiny with electric generation. However, this premise no longer makes sense, since all of the major factors which can contribute to the cost increases are out of AMP-Ohio’s control. Building a pulverized coal plant has gone from being a “safe” decision to a decision so risky even the federal Rural Utility Service has stopped backing them.

If AMP-Ohio cancels this plant, it will not be alone. At least 38 proposed coal plants have been canceled across the country in the past two years by utilities and public officials who have decided to seek alternatives. AMP-Ohio and its members have the opportunity to reconsider this decision, and to embark on a process to determine whether other strategies would be more prudent and productive for their members.