Talk at the Texarkana Country Club Thursday was all about power plants and rate increases as Southwestern Electric Power Co. President and Chief Operating Officer Paul Chodak spoke to members of the Wilbur Smith Rotary Club.

“I saw that there was an article in the paper the other day about the rate increase, so I thought I might need to talk about that,” Chodak joked as he presented a PowerPoint presentation entitled “Challenging Times.”

Chodak explained to those attending exactly why the rate increase was being enacted and how it really relates to the proposed $1.6 b...

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