Westby Utilities announces wind energy resource

Utility customers in Westby will soon receive even more of their electricity from cost-effective renewable energy thanks to a recently announced agreement between Westby Utilities’ not-for-profit wholesale power supplier, WPPI Energy, and Invenergy. Under the agreement, WPPI Energy will purchase the output from Invenergy’s 132-megawatt Bishop Hill III Wind Energy Center.

“This highly cost-effective resource is an excellent addition to our utility’s power supply, said Ron Janzen, Director of Public Works “When Bishop Hill III comes online in 2018, we will more than double the amount of energy we receive from wind resources, and our power supply will be more than 40 percent emission-free.”...