Regulators approve western power line (UPDATE)

Published: May 10, 2012
Tags: CapX2020, Dairyland Power Cooperative, power line, PSC, WPPI Energy

State regulators approved plans Thursday for a $202 million power line that will run for dozens of miles through western Wisconsin’s bluff and river country, saying the project will improve regional and local transmission reliability.

Regulators schedule hearings on power line

Published: February 3, 2012
Tags: Dairyland Power Cooperative, Northern States Power Co.-Wisconsin, PSC, Wisconsin Public Service Commission, WPPI Energy

The public will get a chance next month to sound off on a proposal to build a power line from Alma to Holmen in western Wisconsin.

Dane County wind farm’s fate rests with WPPI



By Paul Snyder A $20 million wind farm proposed for Springfield hinges on whether Sun Prairie-based WPPI Energy will buy electricity and eventually acquire the project. Sun Prairie-based Wave Wind LLC needs an answer from the utility by Tuesday, or the turbines will be sent to Iowa or Minnesota, said Dionne Lummus, Wave Wind’s business [...]

Wind council members reject bias allegations

By Paul Snyder Members of the state’s Wind Siting Council are deflecting allegations the group is biased toward development. “I think it’s a fairly well-balanced group,” said council member Dwight Sattler, a Fond du Lac County resident and neighbor of the Blue Sky Green Field Wind Farm. “If anything, vocally, it seems slanted against development [...]

Industry hammers possible PSC-ordered labor standards

Wisconsin lawmakers’ move to let the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin determine labor standards on energy projects is drawing heavy criticism from construction industry representatives.

Greater Milwaukee under development 

Published: February 24, 2010
Tags: Bechtel Corp., Beyer Construction, Brewery Project LLC, Cardinal Capital Management, CH2M Hill, Dan McCarthy, Eckstein Hall, Empowerment Village, Empowerment Village National LLC, Focus on Greater Milwaukee, Ganey, Grisar, HNTB Corp., Johnston Center Residences, Kahler Slater Architects, Kapur & Associates, KBS Construction, Keen, KM Development, Korb Tredo Architects, Kuklinski, Madison Gas & Electric, Manthey, Marquette University, Marquette University College of Engineering Discovery Learning Complex, Mercy Housing Lakefront, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Constructors LLC, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Oak Creek power plant, Opus Architects & Engineers, Opus Corp., Reichl Construction, Shepley Bullfinch Richardson & Abbott, U.S. Bank parking structure, Ulrich, US Bank, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Energy, WisDOT, WPPI Energy, Zilber, Zoo, Zoo Interchange

A sampling of construction projects in greater Milwaukee: Project: Eckstein Hall Owner: Marquette University, Milwaukee Lead contractor: Opus Corp., Minneapolis Lead architect/engineer: Shepley Bullfinch Richardson & Abbott Inc., Boston, in partnership with Opus Architects & Engineers, Minneapolis Completion date: July 2010 Cost: $85 million Location: Milwaukee Project challenge: “It’s a signature building on a signature [...]

We Energies settles Bechtel claim (UPDATE)

Published: December 21, 2009
Tags: Bechtel Power Corp., Canavan, coal, extension, Madison Gas & Electric, McNulty, power plant, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Sun Prairie, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, We Energies, WPPI Energy
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By Sean Ryan We Energies and Bechtel Power Corp. are calling a truce in their feud over the Oak Creek power plant project. The utility and the contractor Monday announced the resolution of a claim Bechtel filed in December 2008 seeking a $515 million increase in its contract with We Energies to build two coal-fired [...]

$2.3 billion coal-fired plant in Wisconsin finally running (10:37 p.m. 10/30/01)

Published: October 30, 2009
Tags: Bechtel Power, coal, Kappa, Madison Gas & Electric, Oak Creek, plant, We Engergies, Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group, WPPI Energy

By Thomas Content Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MILWAUKEE (AP) — The most expensive construction project in state history, We Energies’ new $2.3 billion coal-fired plant in Oak Creek, has begun generating power, having reached several construction milestones in recent months, the company’s chairman said this week. The plant consists of two coal-fired boilers next to an [...]