The ongoing rate dispute between Century Aluminum and Big Rivers Electric shifted to Frankfort as both parities lobbied on different sides of the proposed legislation to allow Century and Rio Tinto Alcan smelters to purchase power on the open market. Big Rivers says the proposed legislation subsidizes the two smelters while the bills' backers say the legislation allows the two smelters, along with more than 1,000 high paying jobs, to survive.
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