After reaching an agreement with the Sierra Club in mid-December, LS Power has canceled its 1,200-MW Longleaf coal project in Washington County, Ga., and delayed by at least five years development of its 665-MW Plum Point 2 coal project near Osceola, Ark.
The far-reaching settlement is tied to permit-related litigation on LS Power's 900-MW Sandy Creek coal plant in Riesel, Texas. That plant is nearly complete but its commercial start-up — once planned for early 2012 — has been delayed to early 2013 because of "issues with the boiler," said Mike Vogt, project manager at LS Power. The plant was built by Sandy Creek Power Partners, L.P., a consortium of Zachry Construction Corp., Overland Contracting Inc. and Gilbert Industrial Corp.