The Wisconsin Supreme Court's conservative majority on Thursday sided with a former member of the state Public Service Commission who did not want to testify in court about his personal relationships with utility companies building a new power line that he had voted to approve.

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Utilities building a $492 million transmission line have appealed a federal judge’s ruling that blocks the project from a crucial crossing through a wildlife area. 

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With construction underway on the nearly Cardinal-Hickory $500 million transmission line, the Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week in a case accusing a former regulator of bias in approving the project.

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A Minnesota appeals court on Monday allowed the $700 million Nemadji Trail Energy Center in Superior to proceed toward groundbreaking after finding regulators had rightly decided the natural-gas plant would be less expensive and more reliable than producing renewable energy.

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The proposed $700 million Nemadji Trail Energy Center to be built in Superior wouldn't have enough access to the millions of gallons of water it needs to operate, according to an environmental report prepared by state regulators.

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says radioactive water that spilled into the Mississippi River last year during the $85 million decommissioning of a former nuclear power plant in Wisconsin wasn't a public health risk.

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One of the greatest transportation systems in the world is in our backyard, and it's in danger of falling apart.

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The operator of a biomass power plant on the Mississippi River in Cassville will pay $150,000 to settle air pollution violations.

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A La Crosse utility is moving the last of five radioactive waste casks in western Wisconsin.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State officials are planning a pair of public meetings later this month on a western Wisconsin power line project. Excel Energy, Dairyland Power and Wisconsin Public Power Inc. want to extend a line from Minnesota across ...

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