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Company sponsoring “Big Green Bus” & supporting Focus on Energy at 2011 Energy Fair
MADISON, Wis. – June 9, 2011 – The “Big Green Bus” will be rolling across rural central Wisconsin thanks to Alliant Energy’s sponsorship of the 22nd Annual Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) Energy Fair in Custer, Wis. that will take place later this month. Each year, the MREA Energy Fair transforms the Custer area into the global hot spot for renewable energy education. The Energy Fair will welcome over 20,000 people from nearly every state in the U.S. and several countries around the world to learn more about renewable energy and sustainability. The Energy Fair, which will take place June 17-19, is the nation’s longest running energy education event of its kind.
“Alliant Energy is pleased to again participate in the Energy Fair and to help promote renewable energy and sustainable living,” said Jeanine Penticoff, Director of Energy Efficiency, Account Management and Economic Development for Alliant Energy. “This year, we are sponsoring the veggie-powered “Big Green Bus” shuttle service to and from the event grounds. In addition, Alliant Energy is supporting Focus on Energy in their exhibition and educational efforts.”
Focus on Energy, Wisconsin utilities’ statewide program for energy efficiency and renewable energy, will join over 275 other exhibitors at the Energy Fair to promote its numerous renewable and energy-saving programs, residential cash-back rewards and business financial incentives. In addition to the exhibition, the Fair includes over 200 workshops, a clean energy car show, a green home pavilion, green building demonstrations, sustainable food discussions and other entertainment.
By 2012, Alliant Energy expects wind power to make up 11 percent of its energy supply, nearly double what it did just a few short years ago. Alliant Energy also owns or supports many other renewable energy sources like wastewater treatment facilities, anaerobic digesters, solar, and hydroelectric power.
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Alliant Energy is an energy-services provider with subsidiaries serving approximately 1 million electric and over 413,000 natural gas customers. Providing its customers in the Midwest with regulated electric and natural gas service is the company’s primary focus. Wisconsin Power and Light, the company’s Wisconsin utility subsidiary, serves approximately 457,000 electric and 179,000 natural gas customers. Alliant Energy, headquartered in Madison, Wis., is a Fortune 1000 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LNT. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at http://www.alliantenergy.com.
