GRAND TOWERÂ â A representative of Grand Tower Energy Center, a natural gas plant in rural Jackson County, said operations have ceased, though offered few additional details.
Jonathan Beach with Texas-based Rockland Capital, the company that manages the plant, said the facility suffered some âsignificant mechanical failuresâ over the past two quarters.
âThe plant is currently in an extended outage and ownership is conducting a review of future options,â Beach said in an emailed statement to The Southern.
He declined to answer any further questions.
Randy Ellet, who has worked at the plant for 41 years, said employees were notified of the plantâs closure plans last week.