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...Arkansas Community Organization for Reform Now, which calls itself ACORN, sought Harvard's help because Harvard is the largest single stockholder in Middle South Utilities Inc. Middle South is the holding company that owns Arkansas Power and Light, the utility building the 2800-megawatt plant...
...ACORN asked Harvard to "assess all the potential economic and environmental ramifications this plant has for the entire state of Arkansas" and, more specifically, to ask AP&L to install additional sulfur dioxide emission controls on the plant's four 750-foot smokestacks...
...Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility, which has been handling ACORN's request since November and issued a report on it this week, has been proceeding cautiously on the matter all along. Harvard is not, after all, accustomed to taking public stands on non-University issues...
Several ACSR members reportedly think it would be unfair to ACORN to mail the letter after ACORN meets with the Public Service Commission May 1, less than two weeks from now. It seems likely, therefore, that the ACSR will wind up the matter soon, possibly at its meeting Tuesday...
...letter, though not nearly all ACORN had hoped for, would probably carry weight both with the Public Service Commission, because of Harvard's prestige, and with AP&L, because Harvard is the largest single stockholder in Middle South Utilities Inc., the holding company that owns...