Alliant to shutter Sheboygan coal plant; early closure expected to benefit ratepayers, environment

In a move expected to benefit the environment and ratepayers, Alliant Energy plans to retire its Edgewater coal plant in Sheboygan by 2023, years ahead of schedule.

The plan, announced Friday, marks another step in the Madison-based utility’s pivot from coal to natural gas and renewable energy.

Alliant said it expects the retirement will save ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars in long-term costs...
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Ken Notes: I hope we can all work to help them get this done a quickly and cleanly as possible. In other cases it has been difficult to get the permits necessary to do the actual cleanup which make no sense to me.