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By Editor | February 16, 2021
By MARK EVANS
mevans@stegenherald.com
Steve Elsea, manager of member services for Citizens Electric Corporation (CEC), updated Ste. Genevieve County commissioners on the planned 69,000-volt transmission line that would run 19 miles, through the northern and western part of the county at last Thursday’s commission meeting.
The line and supporting towers will be put up by Wabash Valley Power Alliance, the wholesale electricity provider that supplies CEC.
The proposed project had ignited some opposition last year, when Wabash Valley hired ORC Associates from St. Charles to try to get landowners along the projected path of the project to sign easements. The firm was accused of using “strong-arm” tactics and making implied threats to get paperwork signed.
By Editor | February 10, 2021
By mark Evans
Garry Nelson would like to see one more project completed soon.
The Ste. Genevieve County presiding commissioner hopes to see the gazebo and landscaping at the south end of the new county parking lot completed as soon as weather allows.
In April 2019, local historian Bob Mueller and local business owner Lawrence Myers, who is also an architect, provided plans for a bicentennial plaza for the Market Street edge of the property, complete with a memorial to John Scott, Missouri’s first congressman, and landscaping with a grassy area, a bench and various plants. The plants would include hicks yews, European hornbeam and Johnson crabapple.
Courtesy of Republic Services
Aria developed, owns and operates the LFGTE project at Republic Services’ County Line Landfill. The electricity generated from the project is sold to Wabash Valley Power Alliance under a long-term power purchase agreement. The expanded County Line LFGTE facility is capable of generating enough renewable energy to power more than 4,800 area homes annually.
“Last year, Republic Services set a long-term sustainability goal to send 50% more landfill gas to beneficial reuse by 2030,” said Pete Keller, Republic Services vice president of recycling and sustainability. “The expansion of the landfill gas-to-energy project at County Line Landfill is a key milestone in helping us meet that goal.”