LITTLE MEIGS, OHIO, TO BUILD BIG SOLAR

AMP signs deal to develop solar plant
Beth Sergent, June 2010 (Pomeroy Daily Sentinel)

"American Municipal Power… has partnered with Standard Energy, an affiliate of Standard Solar, to develop up to 300 megawatts of new solar energy generation capacity.

"The agreement between the two companies is for 30 years…[for] one of the largest groups of solar electricity facility developments in the country…The power generated by this venture will be offered to AMP’s 128 member utilities in six states which include Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia."

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"AMP’s announcement left many in the local community wondering what, if anything, this means to the possible development of AMP’s property in Letart Falls into a natural gas-powered power plant."

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"Perry Varnadoe, Meigs County economic development director, said AMP developing its energy portfolio to include more solar energy has nothing to do with the company deliberating the development of a natural gas plant…

"Varnadoe said a rough figure concerning how much a natural gas plant would generate is around 500-700 MW. As for the 300 MW solar development project, Varnadoe was not surprised, saying he knew this was a project AMP had been working on for some time to expand their power portfolio…"