Energy & Environment
Milwaukee Biz Poll: New emissions requirements
Do you support the Obama administration’s new emissions requirements for utilities?
RACINE – City seeks $38,600 for recycling cart tracking system
When you wheel your recycling cart out to the curb, you may not know it, but there is a chip embedded in the heavy blue plastic.
BELOIT – Power plant in snag
As Alliant Energy faces a challenge from Milwaukee-based Wisconsin Electric Power Company over the planned new Riverside Power Plant, representatives from the Town of Beloit are disappointed.
APPLETON – We Energies sues Tri-Manor over unpaid bills
A Tri-Manor retirement home in Appleton faces a small claims suit over more than $7,000 in unpaid utility bills, according to a complaint filed in Fond du Lac County small claims court on Aug. 11.
MADISON – Dane County may mull Enbridge oil spill options left open by GOP
Dane County leaders say they may consider ways to work around a law that was slipped into the state budget blocking a local requirement that the Enbridge Energy pipeline company purchase oil spill insurance.
WEC Energy Group: Coverage Areas
The area covered by We Energies before the acquisition. WEC Energy Group Headquarters: 231 W. Michigan St., Milwaukee Employees:...
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Consolidation of Power: Wisconsin Energy’s Integrys acquisition creates massive utility firm
With six utilities serving 4.4 million electric and natural gas customers in four states, Milwaukee-based WEC Energy Group is now one of the largest utilities – and one of the largest corporations – in the country.
The company was formed through Milwaukee-based Wisconsin Energy Corp.'s recent $9 billion acquisition of Chicago-based Integrys Energy Group. It was the largest non-bank acquisition ever made by a Wisconsin company.
The Integrys acquisition will likely bring more jobs to the Milwaukee area and should slow the growth of utility rates for Wisconsin energy consumers.
But the yearlong process of gathering OKs from both companies' shareholders, as well as federal and state regulators, was only the beginning. WEC is in the process of integrating two massive corporations and setting the course for its future, even as energy demand has plateaued and aging infrastructure demands to be replaced.
The company was formed through Milwaukee-based Wisconsin Energy Corp.'s recent $9 billion acquisition of Chicago-based Integrys Energy Group. It was the largest non-bank acquisition ever made by a Wisconsin company.
The Integrys acquisition will likely bring more jobs to the Milwaukee area and should slow the growth of utility rates for Wisconsin energy consumers.
But the yearlong process of gathering OKs from both companies' shareholders, as well as federal and state regulators, was only the beginning. WEC is in the process of integrating two massive corporations and setting the course for its future, even as energy demand has plateaued and aging infrastructure demands to be replaced.
For opponents of Waukesha, politics trumps environmental protection
For years, opponents of Waukesha's application to use and recycle Great Lakes water have issued a series of misleading press releases and opinion pieces. They are usually intended to leave the impression that the project would somehow threaten the Great Lakes.
For opponents of Waukesha, politics trumps environmental protection
For years, opponents of Waukesha's application to use and recycle Great Lakes water have issued a series of misleading press releases and opinion pieces. They are usually intended to leave the impression that the project would somehow threaten the Great Lakes.
SHEBOYGAN – Sheboygan beekeeping interest rises as hives fall
In a roundabout way, honeybee hive loss has caused some gains in the beekeeping community.
