Build or Buy? Wisconsin Utilities Tussle Over Plans to Build Gas-Fired Generator

SUGAR LAND--October 27, 2015--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Electric utilities trying to build new power plants are accustomed to opposition from environmental organizations and citizen's advocacy groups. But it is far less common for one electric utility to oppose another's construction plans. That's what's unfolding in Wisconsin, in a surprising clash between Wisconsin Power & Light (WP&L) (Madison, Wisconsin), a unit of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) (Madison), and Wisconsin Energy Group Incorporated (NYSE:WEC) (WEC) (Madison), which recently merged with Integrys Energy Group (NYSE:TEG) (Chicago, Illinois).

Within this article: Details of a dispute between Wisconsin Power & Light and Wisconsin Energy Group Incorporated over a proposed power plant.