Note from the editor A correction to our lead story from yesterday:
We have updated our post on Southern Co.'s Kemper plant to remove references to regulatory discussions about scrapping the facility's gasifier units, which the utility announced will need 18 to 24 months of additional work after the plant is put into operation.
Those references were based on reporting from Power Magazine, which wrote that continued cost overruns and delays at the plant could raise discussions with regulators about abandoning the gasification portion of the plant. The publication has since updated its post to remove that passage.
Southern had no comment on regulatory discussions regarding Kemper when reached by Utility Dive. We will continue to monitor the situation at the plant.
 Gavin Bade
Editor, Utility Dive
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