Coweta County

Commissioner Jim McGuffey is denying any conflict of interest during the

fight over the building of a power plant in neighboring Heard County.

McGuffey's

company, Shenandoah Electric, bid on providing electrical contracting

services for the Dynegy plant that is currently operating in Heard County.

But McGuffey

said it's ridiculous to charge him with conflict of interest since Coweta

County did not have any jurisdiction over the plant. He has also consistently

voiced his opposition to the plant and said he actually didn't know the

bid was being done, since his son is the operations manager for Shenandoah

Electric.

"He didn't

have any actual dealings with Dynegy; he was dealing with a general contractor,"

he said.

But Birmingham

attorney Christian Glenos, who is representing a group of subcontractors

suing over the project, said McGuffey started opposing the project when

the political war started over the building of the facility.

"It doesn't

make any sense to charge me with conflict of interest when I voted against

the project and never supported it," said McGuffey.