WisBusiness: State settles utility suit

WisBusiness.com

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says the state has settled a lawsuit with three Wisconsin electric utilities for violating state air pollution controls.

The violations relate to the renewal of the permit authorizing the utilities to operate the Columbia Generating Station.

The Wisconsin Power and Light Co. operates the facility it co-owns with Madison Gas and Electric Co. and Wisconsin Public Service Corp.. WPL failed to timely apply for reissuance of the facility’s operating permit, according to the complaint.

The permit expired March 7, and the facility has been operating without one since.

The settlement calls for WPL to pay $285,000 in penalties, fees and costs for the violations.

See the release:
http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=125039