Muscatine Power and Water looks at natural gas; environmental groups push back
Muscatine Power and Water wants to reduce their CO2 emissions by 65% by 2030. To do so, they re replacing their coal-fired power plants - but how is the debate. Author: Shelby Kluver (WQAD) Updated: 11:30 PM CDT July 19, 2021
MUSCATINE, Iowa Muscatine Power and Water (MPW) wants to move from their coal-fired power plant to a natural gas-powered unit. While the move is environmentally cleaner than coal, local environmental groups are asking the municipal organization to do more.
The nonprofit MPW provides water, electricity and communications to about 26,000 people. Since the 1970s, they ve generated their electric power through three coal-fired units. But now, the organization is embarking on a several-year initiative they call Powering the Future. That would include: