Change in direction

It appears SPG is changing direction.

Cochise County County Board of Supervisors announced last Wednesday that they will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 18 to consider SPG's request to extend the deadline for contructing a natural gas electric generation plant. That permit is set to expire September 24, 2007.

And then yesterday late afternoon, SPG issued a press release announcing their plan that the Bowie Power Station will run solely on "clean natural gas". And that this adjustment to their plans "reverts the project back to the configuration as originally permitted by Cochise County and the Arizona regulators in 2002".

In the release, David Getts, General Manager of SPG, is quoted as saying: "While we continue to believe in the benefits of IGCC technology, we are enthusiastic about building an important project in Bowie and a clean-burning natural gas facility has the best chance of being permitted, constructed, and successful within a reasonable timeframe."

The press release links to the the Bowie Power Plant website; however, as of this writing, content on that site has been replaced with: "Please check back shortly - August 31, 2007"