Published: August 5, 2010
Tags: Alliant Energy, Franciscan Skemp, Gundersen Lutheran Health Care System, Mayo Health System, renewable energy, Wind power, Winona County Planning Commission
By Marie Rohde
Gundersen Lutheran Health Care System in La Crosse won initial approval for a $10 million Minnesota wind farm, the latest step toward energy independence by 2014.
The project will be on a private farm near Lewiston, Minn. Gundersen will sell the energy to the local power company, Alliant Energy, and receive energy credits. Those [...]
Published: July 6, 2010
Tags: Alliant Energy, Citizens' Utility Board, CUB, electric, lawsuit, PSC, Public Service Commission, Wisconsin Power & Light, WPL
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A utility consumers group has filed a lawsuit against state regulators challenging a June decision to permit Wisconsin Power & Light to give industrial customers discounts on electric rates.
The Citizens Utility Board complains the discounts could drive up rates for residential customers to make up the difference.
Officials at the Public Service [...]
Published: May 11, 2010
Tags: Alliant Energy, Edgewater, emissions, power plant, PSC, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin on Tuesday granted Alliant Energy initial approval for an estimated $150 million upgrade at its Edgewater power plant in Sheboygan.
Alliant still needs a written order from the PSC to proceed with the project, which will add pollution controls to reduce emissions from the coal-fired plant. Alliant needs to make [...]
Published: January 27, 2010
Tags: Alliant Energy, Bent Tree Wind Farm, Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin, Citizens' Utility Board, CUB, Dane County Circuit Court, Godfrey & Kahn SC, Heinzen, Higley, lawsuit, PSC, Public Service Commission, Schultz, Stuart, WIEG, wind farms, Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group, Wisconsin Power & Light
By Paul Snyder
A lawsuit over Wisconsin’s approval of a Minnesota wind farm threatens to delay the construction start and drive up the project cost.
“At this point, we anticipate construction will begin this spring, so we hope the case plays out in a timely manner,” said Steven Schultz, spokesman for Alliant Energy, the utility developing the [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Alliant Energy officials have activated a massive wind farm in Iowa.
According to the utility, the $400 million-plus Whispering Willow Wind Farm-East in Franklin County is capable of generating up to 200 megawatts of emissions-free energy, power for about 50,000 homes.
The farm includes 121 wind turbines spread over 144 square miles. Construction [...]
Published: December 11, 2009
Tags: Alliant Energy, bill, Donovan, Doyle, energy, Fisher, global warming, Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming, Plale, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Reigstad, RENEW Wisconsin, renewable energy, Soletski, Task Force on Global Warming, utilities, Vickerman, Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council, Xcel, Xcel Energy
Comments: 3
By Paul Snyder
Lawmakers, unions and utilities agree they want Wisconsin’s renewable energy goals to create more jobs in the state.
But the common ground crumbles when the sides consider ways to make sure that happens. Utilities want trust. Lawmakers want percentages. Unions want work.
“Look, we’re in it for jobs,” said Tom Fisher, president and business manager [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Winter’s first major snow storm has knocked out power to thousands of people across the state.
Alliant Energy officials said the storm cut power to about 22,000 people in southern Wisconsin. The lights were still off for about 17,500 customers, including about 9,000 in Janesville, on Wednesday morning.
We Energies officials said about [...]
Published: November 5, 2009
Tags: Alliant Energy, coal, Columbia Generating Station, emissions, Oak Creek, Pardeeville, pollution control, power plant, We Energies
Comments: 4
By Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
The Sierra Club’s campaign to challenge coal plants scored another victory in Wisconsin when the federal government wiped out a permit for the Columbia Generating Station.
In this case, what’s good for the Sierra Club is good for the construction industry, said James Gignac, Midwest director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign.
“It’s [...]
Published: August 31, 2009
Tags: Alliant Energy, Bent Tree Wind Farm, Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin, lawsuit, Minnesota, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group, Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Alternative power proponents suing Wisconsin over its approval of a wind farm argue the state cannot step on the law in the race to reach renewable energy goals.
“It’s unfortunate that a wind project got caught up in this, and we are worried the lawsuit could either stop it or delay it and cause the [...]
Published: July 16, 2009
Tags: Alliant Energy, RENEW Wisconsin, renewable energy, turbine, utility, We Energies, wind farm, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Power & Light Co., Wisconsin Public Service Corp.
Comments: 1
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Wisconsin utilities have a track record of building, operating and maintaining their own wind farms, leaving independent producers little reason to build in the state.
But when those same utilities build wind farms in other states, Wisconsin’s economy and construction work force suffer, said Michael Vickerman, executive director of RENEW Wisconsin.
“There’s quite a lot of [...]
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