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State regulators have extended a ban on utility disconnections during the coronavirus pandemic in Wisconsin.
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Read More »Seventh Circuit: Utility companies have right to intervene in lawsuit over $500M power line
Three utility companies have the right to intervene in a lawsuit over a proposed $500 million high-voltage power line in southwestern Wisconsin, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday.
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Read More »Alliant Energy moving ahead with plans for $900M worth of projects
Alliant Energy is moving ahead with plans to build 675 megawatts of solar power with six projects, an announcement that came just days after the utility said it will retire the Edgewater coal plant in Sheboygan.
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Read More »Utilities delay Badger Hollow solar farm construction in response to COVID-19
The COIVD-19 outbreak is causing utilities to delay the construction of the first phase of the Badger Hollow solar farm planned for Iowa County, according to a notice sent to state regulators this week.
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Read More »Evers’ second COVID-19 proposal would cover overruns from job site closings
Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday introduced legislation meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 and cover costs if the state delays public construction projects.
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Read More »Minnesota high court to take up Nemadji Trail environmental-review order
Minnesota's high court will review a lower court's ruling that ordered a new environmental review for a proposed $700 million natural-gas plant in Superior.
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Read More »Wisconsin Regulators approve $100M solar farm southeast of Madison
Wisconsin regulators signed off Thursday on a plan calling for the construction in Jefferson County of a solar farm whose cost could exceed $100 million and that could produce energy for utility Dairyland Power Cooperative.
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Read More »Regulators give OK to 100MW solar farm in Manitowoc County
State regulators on Thursday signed off on plans for a solar farm in Manitowoc County, approving the latest in a series of large-scale solar projects this year.
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Read More »Wisconsin homeowner worried about looming solar development
A tattered American flag waves in Roger Millard's front lawn amid sprawling Walworth County farmland.
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Read More »Wisconsin commission, residents mull proposed solar farms
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission is preparing to decide the fate of two proposed solar farms that, if built, would more than quadruple the state's solar capacity and pave the way for more utility-scale solar projects.
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