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According to the [[Sierra Club]], [[AES]] is planning to build a new 650 megawatt fluidized-bed unit at its existing 320-MW [[AES Shady Point Generation Plant]].<ref>[http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp "Stopping the Coal Rush"], Sierra Club, accessed December 2007. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)</ref> As of Dec. 2007, AES had not submitted a permit application to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality.<ref>[http://www.deq.state.ok.us/permitspublic/ Permit List], Oklahoman Department of Environmental Quality.</ref>

The following information was posted about the Shady Point proposal on the environmental forum GrassrootsOzarks.net:<ref>[http://www.grassrootsozark.net/forum/shady-point-ii-coal-plant "Shady Point II Coal Plant,"] accessed 9/22/08</ref>

: awisely@audubon.org

In March 2008, AES submitted an application for an air permit for the Shady Point II coal plant.

According to a Sierra Club October 2008 update, AES recently submitted an application to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to pass through the costs associated with new and changed emissions laws to ratepayers. The Commission's staff moved to dismiss AES' application for cost pass-through because the Commission only has jurisdiction over public utilities, not private merchants like AES. The Sierra Club filed a supporting motion that provided several additional reasons why AES' request should not be considered by the Commission. The Sierra Club argues that AES requested relief based on hypothetical facts related to nonexistent regulations. The night before the hearing on these motion, AES and OG&E announced that they were in settlement negotiations and one week later, AES voluntarily withdrew its application."<ref>[http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp "Stopping the Coal Rush"], Sierra Club, accessed November 2008.</ref>

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