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Article: Plant conversion would pay off for Port
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2001
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Plant conversion would pay off for Port
Mayor sees millions in extra revenue, a big loss if another site's
chosen
By JEFF COLE
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Wednesday, April 11, 2001
Port Washington -- A reconfigured Wisconsin Electric Power Co.
generating plant could give the city millions of dollars in extra
revenue, according to an analysis of the project that Mayor Mark
Gottlieb prepared.
Wisconsin Energy Corp., the parent company of Wisconsin Electric,
has said that it wants to convert its plant here from coal-burning to
natural gas-fired. The change would greatly increase the amount of
energy the plant could generate.
The utility hasn't given the city a timetable for requesting ...