Archive for November, 2008
Energy-related taxes can spur renewables, promote efficiency
A letter to the editor of The Capital Times by Thomas Jeffries: The environmental, social and economic problems inherent in our current “cheap fossil” energy model are so pervasive that small changes around the periphery will not resolve them. Cheap fossil fuel is subsidizing multiple inefficiencies in manufacturing, housing and transportation, while at the same [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Biogas producers need buy-back rates that cover costs
A Clear Horizons’ employee (in the red shirt) leads a tour of the biodigester on the Crave Brothers Farm near Waterloo. The bags along the low wall contain potting soil that includes fiberous material left after the digestion process. Michael Vickerman previously addressed the need for higher buy-back rates in two proceedings at the Public [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Madison alders preserve City’s solar program
Lost under the avalanche of comment and discussion about bus fares, Madison’s city council preserved $100,000 in the capital budget to continue the City’s solar energy program. Earlier in the month, RENEW sent out the following alert: A proposed amendment to the pending City budget would remove funds for continuation of the City’s impressive commitment [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )PSC rejects Alliant plant at Cassville
RENEW Wisconsin’s reaction to the Public Service Commission’s decision to reject Alliant’s application to build a generation plant in Cassville: “In our eyes, Nelson Dewey 3 did not meet our criteria of a renewable energy facility,” said RENEW Executive Director Michael Vickerman. “The biomass component functioned as a sideshow to obscure the central premise of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )PSC expected to make decision on proposed coal plant on Nov. 11
From a media advisory issued by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: This message is to inform you that the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) is expected to make a decision on the Alliant Energy proposed coal fire power plant next week Tuesday, November 11, at the PSC’s open commission meeting. In early 2007, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )We Energies seeks approval of renewable energy plan
From an article by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: We Energies asked state regulators Wednesday to approve a plan, projected to cost up to $69 million, to help it comply with a state mandate to boost the state’s supply of renewable energy by 2015. The Milwaukee-based utility company wants the state ruling to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Some cities, utilities work to conserve electricity
From an article by Gena Kittner in the Wisconsin State Journal: Communities and the utility companies that distribute electricity are taking steps to conserve energy, in part by changing the way they get around. In Dane County, a Toyota Prius used by Stoughton Utilities has been converted to a plug-in hybrid and is the first [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Homeowners, businesses, city of Madison embrace solar energy systems
The solar hot water system at the Goodman Atwood Community Center sits atop the structure of an old hoist at the former steel company building. From an article by Anita Weier in The Capital Times: “There are more than two times as many solar electric systems being installed by MGE customers than in other large [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wind farm not welcome in Town of Union
From an article by Paul Snyder in The Daily Reporter: Filling what it argues is a void in the state’s vetting of wind-power projects, the town of Union is marking its turf with a proposed ordinance essentially outlawing such projects. “I think the state of Wisconsin has shown it’s going to do what (wind-farm development) [...]
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