Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
302 West Washington
Street, Room 306
Indianapolis Indiana 46204
317.232.2297 office
317.233.1982 fax
March
28, 2002
Today
the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved a request made by Duke
Energy Knox, LLC., to change the site where a merchant plant, already approved
by the commission, will be built.
Cause
No. 41803, was reopened solely for the purpose of considering the site request
of the company.
The
Commissioners agree that the company should be allowed to change the location
of the proposed facility.
In
the March 7th order, the location was described as being near the
Town of Wheatland in Knox County, at the intersection of Bicknell and Long
roads. According to the request by
Duke Energy Knox, LLC. the new site
for the facility is approximately 2.5 miles north of the Town of
Wheatland,
near
the intersection of Bicknell and Ash roads.
Use of the new site will not alter the
physical characteristics of the facility, it will still receive natural gas and
water from the same sources and it will connect to the same transmission line
as previously approved. Duke Energy
Knox, LLC has received a tax abatement from the Knox County Commission for the
new site, as well as local zoning approval.
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