Published: October 5, 2009
Tags: Gov. Jim Doyle, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, Wind Capital Group LLC
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
A Wisconsin law designed to make it easier to develop small wind farms is freezing the market as local governments block plans until the state offers specific guidelines.
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin wants to work quickly to draft the wind farm placement rules, said PSC spokeswoman Kailey Bender, but there is no deadline.
And [...]
Published: July 8, 2009
Tags: Alliant Energy, Citizens' Utility Board, electricity, Freeborn County, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, state regulators, turbine, utility, Wind Capital Group LLC, wind farm, Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
Comments: 1
Elizabeth Dunbar and Todd Richmond
AP Writers
Madison — State regulators plan to vote Thursday on a Wisconsin utility’s plans to build a massive wind farm in southern Minnesota.
Wisconsin Power & Light Co., a subsidiary of Madison-based Alliant Energy, wants permission to start the first phase of the farm on 32,500 acres just north of Albert Lea [...]
Published: April 30, 2009
Tags: Alliant Energy Corp., Better Plan Wisconsin, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Wind Capital Group LLC, wind farm, Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
Comments: 2
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
There is no guarantee a wind farm construction boom will follow if Wisconsin establishes statewide standards for where such developments can be built.
“There’s still interest in Wisconsin,” said Robert Vosberg, senior vice president of engineering and asset management with St. Louis-based Wind Capital Group LLC. “But Minnesota is a better choice. There are a [...]
