We are confident that our plant can be a good neighbor, as well as an important contributor to the economic health of the community, and will provide the safe, reliable electric service that is vital to a growing region.
We believed we had the proper authorization to build the plant and build it where it is.
It's the not in my backyard syndrome. And it's very difficult. We all need power. Plants need to be somewhere.
It was not a gamble. The plant and the power were needed; it's our job to provide that.
Investors have made it very clear that they don't believe the merchant companies really are going to continue to have significant returns to corporations. I think that's a major driving force that has had the ratings agencies rethink how they want to view these companies.
I can confirm that he passed away yesterday, and it is our understanding that it was a suicide.