http://www.madison.com/tct/business/271635

A wind power and clean coal replacement plan for old coal capacity is not without critics.

Interstate Power and Light said it would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 800,000 tons a year by retiring two coal burning electricity generating units in Lansing and switching a Dubuque power plant from coal to natural gas when it opens the proposed $1.5 billion coal plant in Marshalltown.

Plans to build wind turbines in north central Iowa and implement energy efficiency initiatives to reduce customers' electric usage are expected to reduce emissions by another 2.57 million tons per year, the company said.

Madison Capital Times; February 9, 2008

Submitted by R. Campbell