The Milwaukee-based WEC Energy Group has shut down its Presque Isle coal-fired power plant in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and is replacing the electric-generation site with two natural gas-fired power plants, the holding company said.

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By Sean Ryan Utilities and businesses are claiming the state is digging too deeply into their wallets to prevent polluted water from entering lakes and streams. The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board next month will consider two rules: one targeting phosphorus ...

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By Paul Snyder The mystery surrounding changes to the state’s Clean Energy Jobs Act is sowing distrust among lawmakers who fear new policy with no input. “I don’t have a major problem if the changes are based on what was ...

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By Sean Ryan Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District engineers are trying to line up an alternative methane pipeline route to avoid the trouble of building through a dense urban area. “The closer we get into the city, a number of issues ...

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By Paul Snyder Sauk City refuses to let the state expand Highway 12 within village borders until someone comes up with more than $1 million to move the sewer, water and electric lines under the road. “We feel if the ...

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By Sean Ryan Franklin can afford to wait as its neighbor to the north scrambles for money to deal with a growing roster of water pipe replacement projects. “We really don’t have old water mains, so we just don’t have ...

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Wisconsin PSC approves utility’s biomass plan WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A northern Wisconsin utility’s latest plan to replace coal with logging waste and dead trees as its primary fuel to generate electricity has been approved by the state Public Service ...

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ASHLAND, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Public Service Commission has approved a utility’s latest plan to replace coal and use logging residue and dead trees as the primary fuel to generate electricity. Northern States Power Company-Wisconsin said Monday that installing ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Dorner Inc.’s low bid for an Oconomowoc utility project is testing the subjectivity of a city safety review that determines if a contractor is qualified. Oconomowoc established the review after Dorner crews in April 2008 moved a ...

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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 ...

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