Alliant seeks OK for power plant
A story by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports on Alliant’s plans for a new generation plant:
Madison-based Alliant Energy Corp. has asked state regulators for permission to build a coal-fired power plant in southwestern Wisconsin, reigniting a fight over whether the state’s utilities should be allowed to expand their use of coal.
Buy a link hereAlliant, the parent company of Wisconsin Power & Light Co., estimates that the plant would cost $777 million to build. The 300-megawatt plant – enough to power 150,000 homes – would be located in Cassville, along the Mississippi River in Grant County, and would begin operating in 2012.
Details were disclosed a week after Gov. Jim Doyle announced that he would appoint a task force to recommend ways Wisconsin can reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases linked to global warming. Coal-fired power plants are a key contributor of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
