We have a national energy policy act and state energy plan, but I am personally concerned that we are losing the ability to attract industrial growth in the country and State of Indiana. We do not have a clear plan to have adequate energy, especially electricity in the region and in the United States. We should be building more coal fired plants with proven traditional technologies while at the same time, developing new technologies and promoting nuclear energy to meet future needs. By closing the older coal fired plants and constructing new coal fired plants, we can reduce the total emissions from our environment and improve the production efficiencies that will retain our low cost energy niche. By constructing nuclear plants we can control the carbon dioxide and all other emissions. We can not afford to just say ‘no’ for every possible energy production and expect to have economic prosperity in the country.

Raj Rao
President
Indiana Municipal Power Agency