coal ash

Rare Hearing Could Be Imminent if Air District, LG&E Can't Agree on Coal Ash Violations

Erica Peterson — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:22:10 +0000

The Air Pollution Control Board could be close to its first administrative hearing in seven years.

At a meeting today, the board approved a settlement between the Air Pollution Control District and Louisville Gas and Electric. Under the terms of the settlement, LG&E will pay $10,500, as well as implement stricter pollution controls to contain coal ash dust at the company’s Cane Run Power Station.

LG&E, Metro Government Reach Tentative Agreement on Several Coal Ash Violations

Erica Peterson — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:22:08 +0000

Louisville Gas and Electric has reached an agreement with Metro Government over alleged coal ash violations at the company's Cane Run Power Station.

Kentucky Denies Permit for Coal Ash Landfill At Trimble County Power Plant

Erica Peterson — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:04:27 +0000

The Kentucky Division of Waste Management has denied a pending permit for a coal ash landfill in Trimble County.

The proposed landfill would have been 218 acres, near Louisville Gas and Electric’s Trimble County Power Station. It was meant to store the coal ash produced by the plant, but ever since it was first proposed, the project has encountered numerous problems.

LG&E's Plan to Close Ash Pond Could Be Replicated at Other Plants

Erica Peterson — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:18:00 +0000

Louisville Gas and Electric’s plan to put a cap made of coal ash on top of a coal ash pond at the Cane Run Power Plant in southwest Louisville has neighborhood residents concerned. But the head of the state’s solid waste branch says the plan is innovative, and he thinks it can be replicated at other power plants.

Coal Without Emissions? A Breakthrough in Chemical Combustion Technology

Erica Peterson — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:22:18 +0000

Researchers at Ohio State University have developed a way to extract energy from coal without burning it, eliminating the greenhouse gases which are usually emitted from the process.

From OSU:

LG&E Granted Permit to Use Coal Ash to Fill in Ash Pond

Erica Peterson — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:28:02 +0000

Louisville Gas and Electric has been granted a permit to use coal ash from the company’s Cane Run power plant to begin closing a pond on the site.

LG&E to Shut Down Coal-Fired Cane Run Plant Eight Months Early

Erica Peterson — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:24:34 +0000

Louisville Gas and Electric announced today that the company's coal-fired Cane Run Power Plant will be shut down eight months earlier than planned.

The company announced plans to convert the power plant to natural gas last year, and construction on the new facility is going faster than expected. The coal-fired plant should be shut down by May 2015.

Here's what LG&E had to say in a news release:

LG&E Withdraws Application for Second Ash Landfill at Cane Run

Colleen Stewart — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:16:46 +0000

Louisville Gas and Electric has withdrawn its permit application for an additional coal ash landfill at its Cane Run plant.

Coal ash, its storage and its tendency to blow onto neighboring properties have all been headaches for LG&E at Cane Run and the company is planning on phasing it out to build a natural gas facility.

The landfill application, which has been pending since January 2010, was dropped due to the slated natural gas facility and to the building of an earthen wall that allows the existing landfill to hold more coal ash.

Coal Ash Problems Continue at Cane Run

Erica Peterson — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:28:26 +0000

Louisville Gas and Electric has had another equipment malfunction at its Cane Run plant, which released clouds of coal ash yesterday evening.

The sludge processing plant is the machine that takes the coal ash and mixes it with other materials to turn it into a concrete-like substance, so it can be put into the landfill. A video shot by Greg Walker, who lives across the street, shows clouds of ash rising above the plant—and over the dust screen the company installed in April.

LG&E Trespasses in Cane Run Neighborhood

Erica Peterson — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:47:43 +0000

Several residents near the Cane Run Power Station are angry after Louisville Gas & Electric employees walked onto their property without permission to collect dust samples off their homes.