Kemper Plant Makes Power With Gas From Coal For First Time -- October 13, 2016

This story is now tracked here.

From The Miami Herald:

Dekalb, MS: Mississippi Power Co. says that the power plant it's building in Kemper County has generated electricity using gas produced from coal for the first time. 

Atlanta-based Southern Co., the utility's parent company, announced that the electricity was generated during a test Wednesday. The company says it used both the part of the plant that turns soft lignite coal into a synthetic gas, as well as the chemical plant that removes carbon dioxide and other chemicals.

Mississippi Power spokesman Jeff Shepard says one of two power generating turbines was fueled with up to half synthetic gas, while continuing to burn up at least half natural gas. The plant has been generating electricity using natural gas since 2014. Shepard says the plant will continue to generate electricity normally as tests continue, using natural and synthetic gas.

I think this was President Obama's signature energy story: completed not a day too late. 

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