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Article: United States: Entergy wants to nix La. plant conversion plan.
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- October 30, 2009
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Byline: manish03
Entergy Louisiana's 669,000 customers could face a bill of $208.9 million if state utility regulators agree with the company's plan to scuttle the Little Gypsy power plant conversion in southeastern Louisiana.
Touted only two years ago by the utility and regulators as a major cost-saver for electricity customers, the combination of much-lower natural gas prices and the uncertainty of future carbon legislation led to the project's three-year suspension by the Public Service Commission in April.
The plan to convert a generator at the Montz plant from natural gas to petroleum coke was approved by the PSC in November 2007. At that ...