POWER BROKER
SPECIAL REPORT: Inside a long-shot plan to buy a never-opened nuclear plant and sell its power to a single customer: MLGW
Millionaire developer Franklin Haney stands in front of the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Hollywood, Ala. Haney purchased the plant at auction in 2016 for $111 million, and his plan to make Bellefonte operational again and sell power to Memphis hinges on raising billions of dollars and overcoming some stiff opposition. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)
Marc Perrusquia
Marc Perrusquia is the director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis, where graduate students learn investigative and explanatory journalism skills working alongside professionals. He's won numerous state and national awards for government watchdog, social justice and political reporting. Follow the Institute on Facebook or Twitter @psr_memphis.
As Franklin Haney tells it, his trouble started when President Donald Trump passed him a business tip. It came on an otherwise delightful night last spring as they dined at adjacent tables in Florida’s exclusive Mar-a-Lago resort.
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