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Bluff collapse at power plant sends dirt, coal ash into Lake Michigan
From an article by Meg Jones and Don Behm in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Oak Creek – A large section of bluff collapsed Monday next to the We Energies Oak Creek Power Plant, sending dirt, coal ash and mud cascading into the shoreline next to Lake Michigan and dumping a pickup truck, dredging equipment, soil [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Rising Diesel Prices Fuel Higher Electric Rates
For immediate release April 15, 2011 More information RENEW Wisconsin Michael Vickerman 608.255.4044 mvickerman@renewwisconsin.org We Energies Customers Will Pay the Higher Cost of Hauling Coal We Energies’ electricity customers can look forward to coughing up an additional $25 million in 2011 due to the Public Service Commission’s approval yesterday [April14] of a rate increase to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Colorado regulators vote for Xcel to shut 6 coal-fired plants
From an article by Mark Jaffe in the Denver Post: The Colorado Public Utilities Commission voted Monday to shut six aging Front Range coal-fired power units and allow Xcel Energy to replace them with a new $530 million gas-fired plant. Pollution controls, with a $340 million price tag, also were approved for the coal-burning Pawnee [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Rising electricity cost has jolted state
From an article by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The price of electricity has shot up faster in Wisconsin than in all but five other states since 2000, which could pose a threat to the state’s economic competitiveness, a new analysis by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance says. Wisconsin businesses and homeowners are paying [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Another coal plant converts to wood
From an article by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Efforts to add more renewable energy in Wisconsin from burning wood waste moved ahead Monday with the completion of one biomass power plant and the start of construction on another. A 40-megawatt biomass power plant has opened in southwestern Wisconsin. The power plant, the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Well water near power plant contaminated: We Energies supplying bottled water to affected residents while seeking source
From an article by Christine Won in The Journal Times (Racine): CALEDONIA — Some residents near the Oak Creek power plant have not had access to drinking water since last August because their wells have been contaminated. They have been advised by the state Department of Natural Resources to not drink or cook with the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Alliant says no nukes and no more coal plants … for now
From an article by Judy Newman in the Wisconsin State Journal: Alliant Energy is giving up on the idea of building more coal-fired power plants “for the time being,” Alliant chairman, president and chief executive Bill Harvey said Thursday. In an interview after the Madison utility holding company’s annual shareholders meeting, Harvey said Alliant subsidiary [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Renewable Energy Not Responsible for MGE Rate Increase
IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27, 2010 MORE INFORMATION Michael Vickerman RENEW Wisconsin 608.255.4044 mvickerman@renewwisconsin.org Renewable Energy Not Responsible for MGE Rate Increase Higher costs associated with fossil fuel generation are driving Madison Gas & Electric’s costs higher, according to testimony submitted by company witnesses. The utility filed an application last week with the Public Service Commission [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Colorado increases renewables and distributed generation requirements
While the Wisconsin legislature considers a renewable portfolio requirement of 25% by 2025, Colorado will soon have a requirement of 30% by 2020, according to an article by Kate Balbraith on a New York Times blog: In a bid to propel his state to the forefront of the new energy economy, Colorado’s governor is expected [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Utilities axe plans for Big Stone II coal plant
From an article by Leslie Brooks Suzukamo in the St. Paul Pioneer Press: Developers of the controversial Big Stone II power plant in Milbank, S.D., said Monday they will not build the $1.6 billion coal-fired project, ending a four-year battle between utilities and environmentalists over a significant portion of Minnesota’s energy future. About half of [...]
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