Wis. PSC approves utility's biomass plan

Nov 2nd, 2009 - Boston

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WAUSAU, Wis.—A northern Wisconsin utility's latest plan to replace coal with logging waste and dead trees as its primary fuel to generate electricity has been approved by the state Public Service Commission.

Northern States Power Company-Wisconsin, a subsidiary of Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy, said Monday that installing the biomass gasification technology in its third generator at Bay Front Power Plant in Ashland will make it the largest biomass plant in the Midwest -- based on producing 60 megawatts of power from that fuel.

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