Public Service Fee indicators off on second section of Alliant Power's photo voltaic plan

The Two Creeks photo voltaic plant in Manitowoc County went on-line in November. With half 1,000,000 photo voltaic panels, the photo voltaic farm can present sufficient energy for 33,000 houses. Picture courtesy of Wisconsin Public Service

Regulators approve plans to purchase 6 photo voltaic farms

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Thursday, April 28, 2022, 1:40pm

Wisconsin regulators have signed off on the second section of Alliant Power’s $1.5 billion photo voltaic power plan.

The Wisconsin State Journal studies the Public Service Fee on Thursday unanimously accepted Alliant’s plan to purchase or construct six photo voltaic farms in Dane, Grant, Inexperienced, Rock and Waushara counties for $620 million.

Collectively the crops are anticipated to supply 441 megawatts of electrical energy, sufficient to energy about 100,000 houses.

The PSC final 12 months accepted Alliant’s plan to spend about $925 million to develop 675 megawatts of solar energy unfold throughout six different initiatives.

Alliant is working to interchange its coal-fired energy crops within the subsequent two years.