The Nation - News from June 14, 1985

Mississippi, Arkansas and some Missouri residents were told that they will have to bear the brunt of paying for a completed $3.5-billion nuclear power plant that won’t be needed until the 1990s. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruled that the Grand Gulf plant near Port Gibson, Miss., is part of a system serving four states and that its costs cannot be allocated only to residents of Mississippi and Louisiana. Arkansas and Mississippi say that the action could boost electric rates in their states by 30% to 100%, and they vowed to appeal the agency’s decision.