The
Lansing Board of Water and Light has announced it will build a $182 million natural gas power plant in
REO Town.
According to excerpts from the article:
The Lansing Board of Water & Light plans to build a $182 million natural gas-powered electric and steam generation plant in REO Town, moving 180 workers to the district south of Downtown Lansing.
The facility, to be built on South Washington Avenue, would replace the coal-fired Moores Park Steam Plant. It also would generate electric power as the BWL looks to phase out portions of the coal-burning Eckert Power Station nearby.
Residential and business rates would be boosted to help pay for the project.
The public utility will burn 139,000 fewer tons of coal per year once the Moores Park plant is closed.
"The coolest thing from my point of view is that company-wide, this plant will allow us to reduce our carbon for electric output by 20 percent," General Manager J. Peter Lark said. "Everything they're talking about in Washington calls for a 17 percent reduction in carbon by 2020.”
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