While causing more pollution. And then charges customers for it. By Carl Lindner - Jan 28th, 2021 01:52 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Oak Creek Power Plant and Elm Road Generating Station. Photo by Coburn Dukehart/Wisconsin Watch.
Late last year, We Energies‘ well paid, $7-million-a-year executive
Gale Klappaannounced that the older coal burning plant in Oak Creek would be retired in 2024. This decision is hardly cause for celebration.
The older plant had simply become too costly to operate. For years, We Energies could have been saving $75 million annually simply by purchasing energy from the Midwest grid. To save Wisconsin ratepayers this exorbitant annual expense, We Energies could have–and should have–closed this plant long ago. Another four years until it closes means another $300 million over charge for customers. And, even more costly, it means four more years of polluting our air and water. We Energies and WEC (its parent company),