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Decommissioning nuclear plant a long process

Published: May 9, 2013
Tags: Dominion Resources, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, power plant

The Kewaunee nuclear power plant may have been disconnected from the power grid, but the process to decommission the facility will take a long time.

Utility scales back plan for Mich. power line (UPDATE)

Published: February 8, 2013
Tags: American Transmission, ATC, coal, CUB, power plant, We Energies

A Wisconsin utility is scaling back its plans to run power lines into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, citing reduced energy needs and a pending review of future needs.

Michigan Upper Peninsula power plant to get $130M-$140M upgrade

Published: November 27, 2012
Tags: coal, power plant, We Energies

Officials say a coal-fired power plant in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula will get $130 million to $140 million in upgrades under plans by a power cooperative and a Wisconsin-based utility.

Wis. subsidiary files paperwork for new power plant

Published: November 14, 2012
Tags: Alliant Energy, natural gas, power plant

Interstate Power and Light Co. has filed paperwork for regulatory approval for a new natural-gas fired power plant in Marshalltown.

Who will pay for cost overruns at Oak Creek power plant?

Published: October 1, 2012
Tags: Bechtel Power, CUB, power plant, PSC, We Energies

Wisconsin regulators will decide who should pay for cost overruns at one of the largest construction projects in the state, a $2 billion power plant in a Milwaukee suburb.

New life for old Minn. power plant: Company switches from coal to natural gas

Published: August 13, 2012
Tags: coal, Excelsior Energy, natural gas, power plant, Public Utilities Commission, Sierra Club

A decade-old plan to build a new power plant in northern Minnesota is coming back before the state’s Public Utilities Commission next week – but in a smaller form and with a different energy source.

Senate rejects bid to block EPA power plant rule

Published: June 20, 2012
Tags: coal, EPA, power plant

The U.S Senate’s top Republican called again Wednesday for the Environmental Protection Agency to back off from “heavy-handed” regulations that he said were costing jobs in the private sector.

PSC clears way for Beloit power plant purchase

Published: April 8, 2012
Tags: Alliant Energy, power plant, PSC, Public Service Commission, Wisconsin Power & Light

The Public Service Commission has cleared Wisconsin Power & Light to purchase the Riverside Energy Center power plant in the town of Beloit for $393 million.

EPA to reduce new power plants’ carbon pollution

Published: March 27, 2012
Tags: coal, energy, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, greenhouse gases, pollution, power plant, Sierra Club
Comments: 1

The Obama administration forged ahead on Tuesday with the first-ever limits on heat-trapping pollution from new power plants, ignoring protests from industry and Republicans who have said the regulation will raise electricity prices and kill off coal, the dominant U.S. energy source.