WAUSAU, Wis., July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Weston 4 power plant, of which Dairyland Power Cooperative has a 30 percent ownership interest, has achieved commercial operation. Wisconsin Public Service Corp., the majority owner, constructed and will operate the plant which is located near Wausau, Wis.
The newly constructed 525 MW (nominal rating) power plant will use clean coal technology, a high efficiency boiler, use low sulfur coal as fuel and feature sophisticated emission controls to minimize environmental impacts.
"Despite continuing emphasis on conservation, demand for energy in Dairyland's four-state service territory is projected to continue increasing. Our partnership in the Weston 4 facility helps to ensure that our cooperative membership can count on a dependable, clean supply of electricity for generations to come," said Bill Berg, Dairyland President and CEO.
Construction on the $774 million project began in October 2004. The massive project required nearly 1,000 construction workers, who built the plant safely and on-schedule.
The Weston 4 facility features a state-of-the-art emission control system to bring another source of clean, reliable and competitively priced electricity to homes and businesses. "It was designed to be one of the cleanest fossil-fueled power plants in the nation," said Charlie Schrock, President of Wisconsin Public Service Corp.
With headquarters in La Crosse, Wis., Dairyland provides wholesale electricity to 25 member distribution cooperatives and 19 municipal utilities. A Touchstone Energy Cooperative, Dairyland's service area encompasses 62 counties in four states (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois). Dairyland's generation resources include coal, natural gas, hydro, wind, landfill gas and animal waste. For more information, please visit http://www.dairynet.com/.
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:TEG), is an investor-owned electric and natural gas utility headquartered in Green Bay, Wis. It serves approximately 420,000 electric customers and 309,000 retail natural gas customers in residential, agricultural, industrial, and commercial markets, as well as wholesale customers in northeastern and central Wisconsin, and an adjacent portion of Upper Michigan. Visit http://www.wisconsinpublicservice.com/ for more information. DATASOURCE: Dairyland Power Cooperative CONTACT: Deb Mirasola, +1-608-787-1378, or Katie Thomson, +1-608-787-1323, both of Dairyland Power Corporate Communications; or Charlie Schrock, President, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, +1-920-433-1812 Web Site: http://www.dairynet.com/ http://www.wisconsinpublicservice.com/
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