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Wisconsin s second-largest coal plant and source of carbon dioxide will shut down by 2025 as utilities continue the shift away from fossil fuels.
Alliant Energy, the majority owner and operator of the Columbia Energy Center near Portage, announced the retirement to the plant s workers Tuesday morning.
David de Leon, president of Alliant s Wisconsin utility, said closing the 45-year-old plant will allow it to avoid some $250 million in maintenance and upgrade costs while also speeding the company s transition to clean energy. It s a facility that s served our customers well for many, many years, de Leon said. Columbia s provided a tremendous amount of energy for the entire state.
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The plants, in Oak Creek, Wis., near Milwaukee, are coal-fired electrical power stations. Coburn Dukehart/Wisconsin Watch
The state’s largest utility announced this week that it will retire 1,800 megawatts of coal and natural gas generation as part of a $16 billion plan.
Gale Klappa, executive chairman of WEC Energy Group, made the announcement to investors in a conference call on Tuesday. The plan includes the retirement of the 1,100-megawatt South Oak Creek coal plant in southeastern Wisconsin over the next five years. The plant is owned by We Energies, a WEC Energy Group subsidiary.
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The end of an era: Alliant Energy announces retirement dates for Columbia Energy Center
Alliant Energy CorporationFebruary 2, 2021 GMT
MADISON, Wis., Feb. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) It’s the end of an era as Alliant Energy (NASDAQ: LNT) today announces plans to retire Columbia Energy Center – the last of their coal-fired facilities in Wisconsin. Located near Portage in Columbia County, the Columbia Energy Center has generated reliable, affordable power for Wisconsin customers for nearly half a century.
“The closure of Columbia is truly a historic moment as we stop burning coal in our Wisconsin Operations and fully turn our attention to generating cleaner energy using renewable resources, such as solar, battery storage and high efficiency gas,” said David de Leon, President of Alliant Energy’s Wisconsin energy company. “While we are pleased to reach agreement with the co-ow