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| − | Wisconsin had 70 coal-fired power plants in 2005, with 7,123 MW of capacity - representing 42.5% of the state's total electric generation capacity.<ref name="EIA">[http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/epat2p2.html Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005], Energy Information Administration, accessed April 2008.</ref>
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| − | In 2006, Wisconsin's coal-fired power plants produced 43.7 million tons of CO<sub>2</sub>, 185,000 tons of sulfur dioxide, and 65,000 tons of nitrogen oxide; coal-fired power plants were responsible for 41.7% of the state's total CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. In 2005, Wisconsin emitted 18.9 tons of CO<sub>2</sub> per person; the state had the 29th highest per capita level of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions.<ref>[http://www.eredux.com/states/state_detail.php?id=1128&state=WISCONSIN Wisconsin Energy Consumption Information], eRedux website, accessed June 2008.</ref>
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| − | No coal was mined in Wisconsin in 2006.<ref>[http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/page/acr/table2.html Coal Production and Number of Mines by State, County, and Mine Type], Energy Information Administration, accessed June 2008.</ref> Thus, the state relies on coal imports from Wyoming, Appalachia, and southern Illinois; the state imported 27 million tons of coal in 2005.<ref>[http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=564173 "Our Insatiable Appetite for Coal"], Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 10, 2007.</ref>
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| − | ==History==
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| − | ==Citizen activism==
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| − | ==Legislative issues==
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| − | ==Proposed coal plants==
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| − | ===Active===
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| − | *[[Nelson Dewey Generating Facility]], Cassville, WI
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| − | *[[Oak Creek Units 1 & 2]], Oak Creek, WI
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| − | *[[Weston Unit 4]], Wausau, WI
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| − | ===Cancelled===
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| − | *[[E.J. Stoneman Expansion]], Cassville, WI
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| − | ==Coal lobbying groups==
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| − | ==Coal power companies==
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| − | *Wisconsin Power & Light, owned by [[Alliant Energy]]
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| − | *Wisconsin Public Service Corp., owned by [[Integrys]]
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| − | *Wisconsin Electric Power, owned by [[We Energies]] (based in Milwaukee, WI)
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| − | *Ft. James Operating Co., owned by [[Koch Industries]]
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| − | *Madison Gas & Electric Co.
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| − | *[[Dairyland Power Cooperative]]
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| − | ==Existing coal plants==
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| − | Wisconsin had 70 coal-fired power plants in 2005, with 7,123 MW of capacity. Here is a list of coal power plants in Wisconsin with capacity over 400 MW:<ref name="EIA"/><ref>Environmental Integrity Project, [http://www.dirtykilowatts.org/Dirty_Kilowatts2007.pdf "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants"], July 2007.</ref>
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| − | ! Plant Name !! County !! Owner !! Year(s) Built !! Capacity !! width="100" | 2006 SO<sub>2</sub> Emissions !! width="50" | SO<sub>2</sub>/MW Rank
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| − | ! align="left" | Pleasant Prairie
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| − | | align="left" | Kenosha || align="left" | [[We Energies]] || align="center" | 1980, 1985 || align="right" | 1233 MW || align="right" | 28,566 tons || align="right" | 120
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| − | ! align="left" | South Oak Creek
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| − | | align="left" | Milwaukee || align="left" | [[We Energies]] || align="center" | 1959-67 || align="right" | 1192 MW || align="right" | 13,594 tons || align="right" | 198
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| − | ! align="left" | Columbia
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| − | | align="left" | Columbia || align="left" | [[Alliant Energy]] || align="center" | 1975, 1978 || align="right" | 1023 MW || align="right" | 22,396 tons || align="right" | 145
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| − | ! align="left" | Edgewater
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| − | | align="left" | Sheboygan || align="left" | [[Alliant Energy]] || align="center" | 1951, 1969, 1985 || align="right" | 770 MW || align="right" | 15,759 tons || align="right" | 128
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| − | ! align="left" | Weston
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| − | | align="left" | Marathon || align="left" | [[Integrys]] || align="center" | 1954-60, 1981 || align="right" | 492 MW || align="right" | 12,596 tons || align="right" | 127
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| − | ! align="left" | Pulliam
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| − | | align="left" | Brown || align="left" | [[Integrys]] || align="center" | 1943-64 || align="right" | 410 MW || align="right" | 10,869 tons || align="right" | 100
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| − | These six plants represent 71.9% of Wisconsin's coal energy generating capacity.
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| − | ==Major coal mines==
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| − | There are currently no coal mines in Wisconsin.
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| − | ==Citizen groups==
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| − | *[http://www.cleanwisconsin.org/ Clean Wisconsin]
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| − | *[http://wisconsin.sierraclub.org/ Sierra Club John Muir Chapter]
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| − | *[http://www.wiscub.org/ Wisconsin Citizens Utility Board]
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| − | ==Resources==
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| − | ===References===
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| − | ===Related SourceWatch articles===
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| − | *[[Existing U.S. Coal Plants]]
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| − | *[[:category:US_proposed_coal_plants|US proposed coal plants (both active and cancelled)]]
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| − | *[[:Category:Cancelled_US_coal_plant_proposals|Cancelled coal plant proposals]]
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| − | *[[Coal plants cancelled in 2007]]
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| − | *[[Coal plants cancelled in 2008]]
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| − | *[[:Category:Active_US_coal_plant_proposals|Active coal plant proposals]]
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| − | ===External links===
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