More than 30 people were on hand to celebrate the start of a four-year, $175-million project to build a new gas-turbine power plant in Marshall.

The Missouri Public Utility Alliance joined Marshall Municipal Utilities and city leaders at Tuesday morning’s groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the plant, which will provide power to not just Marshall, but also 52 other municipal utilities across Missouri. MPUA President and CEO Steve Stodden says the project will provide Missourians with reliable energy service for generations to come.

 

Stodden commended the collaboration with Marshall to make the plant possible, which Stodden says also received buy in from cities around the state.

Marshall Mayor Craig Thompson, state representative Brad Pollitt of Sedalia, and Missouri Public Service Commission chair Kayla Hahn also spoke at Tuesday morning’s ceremony.

Photo by Kyle Hill, KMMO News	Missouri Public Utility Alliance president & CEO Steve Stodden (Photo by Kyle Hill, KMMO News)	Missouri Public Service Commission chair Kayla Hahn (Photo by Kyle Hill, KMMO News)
Rep. Brad Pollitt (R-Sedalia), who serves on the House Utilities Committee (Photo by Kyle Hill, KMMO News)	Marshall Mayor Craig Thompson (Photo by Kyle Hill, KMMO News)	(from left) Marshall Board of Public Works member Chuck Hines, MMU General Manager Jeff Bergstrom, Marshall Mayor Craig Thompson, and BPW members Ken Bryant and Wick Jacobi (photo by Kyle Hill, KMMO News)