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Article: Plant could propel Speedway revival
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- Indianapolis Business Journal
- Article date:
- December 31, 2007
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A Unit of Citizens Gas proposes building a natural-gas-fueled steam plant in Speedway to serve large employers in the town of 12,800.
The utility's second "district energy" plant outside the downtown area could be a sign of things to come as Citizens seeks to construct similar energy plants to serve institutional and corporate campuses farther out in central Indiana.
Speedway Utility, as it would be called, could provide steam for heating Allison Transmission and potentially other major employers in the Racing Capital of the World.
The plant would include a facility to pretreat industrial wastewater before it is sent to the town's existing sewage plant.
"It's very important for the ...