By Bill W. Hornaday

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette



Southwestern Electric Power Co. on Monday asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that reversed approval of the coal-fired John W. Turk Jr. power plant.

SWEPCO President and Chief Operating Officer Paul Chodak acknowledged at a news conference that the ruling puts the $2.1 billion project “in jeopardy.”

The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that state regulators misapplied “plain language” law that requires new plants and related facilities, such as po...

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