Paris Town Chairman John Holloway says he is confident assurances reached with Invenergy, the company planning to construct a 200-megawatt solar farm in the town, will carry over when the operation is sold to a utility company.
Federal regulations require a new coal ash handling system designed to prevent toxic chemicals from leaching into groundwater, so the plant’s owners are asking regulators to approve a temporary solution to comply with the law and keep the plant running until they can replace it with solar farms.
WEC Energy Group and Madison Gas and Electric were expected to file a joint application Tuesday to purchase the Paris Solar-Battery Park.
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The Public Service Commission voted unanimously Thursday to authorize construction of the Paris Solar Energy Center, a project of Chicago-based developer Invenergy.
Jointly owned by Wisconsin Public Service Corp. and Madison Gas and Electric, the 150-megawatt Two Creeks Solar Farm in Manitowoc County began commercial operation Monday, according to the utilities.
Sierra Club said the deal “locks in and expands” a rate structure that “benefits the utility and high-use customers at the expense of low-income customers and clean energy alternatives, and stealthily promotes a utility-centric vision of clean energy at the expense of customer control and empowerment.”
MGE has contracts with the state of Wisconsin, UW-Madison, the city of Fitchburg and local businesses Placon Corp., Promega Corp., Tribe 9 Foods and the Willy Street Co-op to buy energy from the 160-acre solar farm on Seminole Highway.
The utility proposed a one-year rate structure that has the approval of consumer and renewable-energy advocates.
With the completion of a $9 million solar farm at the Middleton airport, Madison Gas and Electric has nearly doubled the availability of community solar programs. But while consumer demand is strong, few Wisconsin residents have access to the kind of customer-owned clean energy options available in states like Minnesota.
Invenergy, the company proposing a 2,500-acre solar farm in the town of Paris, is facing project delays elsewhere in the state due to pending tariffs on imported solar panels.
The Public Service Commission Thursday ordered Alliant Energy, Xcel and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation to return about $28.3 million to customers in September.
Madison Gas and Electric and We Energies notified state regulators last month of plans to extend the in-service date for the 150-megawatt project, known as Badger Hollow II, until December 2022 in order to stay within the approved $195 million budget.
Madison Gas and Electric and We Energies notified state regulators last month of plans to extend the in-service date for the 150-megawatt project, known as Badger Hollow II, until December 2022 in order to stay within the approved $195 million budget.
We Energies says it will need to collect an additional $25.6 million in 2021, primarily to cover the rising cost of electricity purchased from the Point Beach nuclear power plant.
Madison Gas and Electric wants to build a 20-megawatt solar farm in Fitchburg to provide clean energy for a group of industrial and governmental customers.
The Public Service Commission voted 3-0 to authorize Madison Gas and Electric to build the $16.8 million plant on about 46 acres of county-owned land and to sell the output to the county under the utility’s renewable energy plan.
Dane County announced Wednesday that it is seeking proposals to develop a solar farm on the 120-acre tract east of the county’s landfill in the town of Cottage Grove with the hope of beginning design in 2021.
Cedric Johnson also serves on the boards of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Boys and Girls Club of Dane County and NewBridge, which serves older adults in Madison and Monona.
While residents were without power, local businesses were also facing setbacks and finding solutions to the power outage.
Madison Gas & Electric customers should see the largest of the refunds, which will range from about $3 to $20 for most households.
A shifting load of ice cream caused a semi-trailer to overturn Tuesday afternoon on Madison's East Side, with nobody hurt in the crash.
The great freezeout of 2019 is just about over in Wisconsin, but we have to make it through one more day.
