Posted on 06/28/2005 9:51:44 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin regulators acted properly in granting permits for a coal-fired power plant outside Milwaukee, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in rejecting a challenge by environmentalists and the state of Illinois.
Environmentalists seeking to stop the $2.15 billion project argued the Public Service Commission did not do a complete review of the Wisconsin Energy proposal and failed to study whether cleaner-burning natural gas was a viable alternative to coal.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan also intervened in the lawsuit, saying Lake Michigan and the states around it would be exposed to toxic mercury emissions and other pollution. Madigan said the coal-burning technology planned for the facility is banned in Illinois. Chicago is 80 miles from the plant.
The Supreme Court voted 4-2 to reject those arguments, saying the PSC followed the law when it gave its blessing to the project.
The twin-boiler plant along the Lake Michigan shore at Oak Creek, a Milwaukee suburb, would add enough electricity to power 615,000 homes. It is part of plant operator We Energies' $7 billion, 10-year Power the Future plan. The plant would run 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Go Wisconsin!
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Good news.
Watching one Government arm fight another would be much more fun if the taxer payer wasn't the sure loser.
I live in coal country (Pennsylvania). We could use a power plant like that around here.
Maybe they should claim eminent domain and put up a spotted owl sanctuary.
Somebody needs to tell the attorney general of Illinois that the authority granted to her by the people of Illinois does not extend to the people of Wisconsin.
California is trying to do the same thing to Nevada. After the big energy crunch in CA, Nevada put 6 new power plants on the fast track. All are situated next to the CA-NV border. Now the Caliweenies are screaming that the coal emissions will kill them all (never mind that prevailing winds blow from west to east).
If California enviro-weenies start screaming, Nevada could put the screws into them and shut off their water power from the dam...It's time America started playing hardball with commie enviros!
Thanks, Norm! That is good news for my future utility bills.
Glinda: Rubbish. You have no power here. Now be gone!
Those folks from Illinois have always acted that way toward the Badger State. They send their slob hunters up during deer season and trash the lakes, rivers, and streams the rest of the time.
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