Update: The outages that occurred due to this incident have been resolved as of July 8. There are currently 3,236 people within the Racine County area without power due to an incident. We Energies serves over 14,000 people in the Village of Mount Pleasant, where the outage took place. The official cause of the power […]
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2 Families Displaced by House Fire on Racine’s North Side
RACINE – On Wednesday afternoon at 12:07 p.m. the Racine Fire Department responded to a house fire call that left two families displaced at 1116 Nelson Court. Tenants in the upper unit of the duplex, located on the north side of the city, discovered the fire “originating from near an electrical outlet in a bedroom,” […]
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Storms Brings Scattered Power Outages
RACINE COUNTY – Severe thunderstorms that swept through the county early Thursday resulted in scattered power outages. As of 10 a.m. Thursday, the We Energies website showed 976 Racine County customers without power. The greatest number (435) were in the Town of Burlington. Smaller pockets of outages were shown in the City of Racine, Mount […]
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We Energies restores power to over 600 customers
UPDATE 1:13 p.m.: Power was restored at 12:40 pm to all customers. ‘Our crews found a piece of equipment that they safely repaired. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate our customers’ patience,” said Brendan Conway, a spokesperson for We Energies. RACINE — A number of We Energies customers — including businesses on Main Street […]
Posted inGovernment, Kenosha Government, Kenosha Lens, Local news
We Energies Gas Line Construction Underway In Paris And Brighton Towns
The construction of the 46-mile gas line segment in Kenosha County will cost about $186 million, according to a recent report. The We Energies Lakeshore Lateral gas pipeline project is ongoing, with crews active in Brighton and Paris Towns. The project involves installing new natural gas transmission pipelines from Bluff Creek gate station in Whitewater town […]
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Letter to the Editor: We Energies’ Unfinished Business
By Carl Lindner Two years ago, almost to the day, a dozen or so members of the Clean Power Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin gathered in Ziegler Park, across from We Energies’ headquarters. They were there to protest the pollution and health hazards caused by the two large coal-burning plants in Oak Creek. Since 2017 the […]
Posted inEnvironment, Local news
WEC Energy Group turns focus to carbon-neutral by 2050 goal
Milwaukee-based WEC Energy Group, the holding company that owns We Energies, aims to be a carbon-neutral future by 2050 for its electric generation fleet. The company reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent in 2019 and 2020. Originally, the company forecasted that it would meet that system-wide goal by 2030. Brendan Conway, WEC Energy Group’s […]
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“Solar Now” Project Readying for Launch
As part of a partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, WE Energies is leasing approximately 10 acres of land east of the Facilities Management building to construct and operate a 2.25 Megawatt ground-mounted solar array for energy generation. The energy generated by the array will be sent back to the WE Energies electrical grid and […]
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Oak Creek Neighbors Renew Coal Dust Concerns After Fence Falls
OAK CREEK, WI — Officials with WE Energies says it will only be a matter of days before repairs are complete on several panels of fencing that had fallen last week due to storms and high winds that moved through the area. The fence, officials said, was put in place to slow winds down, effectively […]
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Two Men Rescued From Early Morning House Fire
By Bill Houston Racine, WI — No injuries were reported after the Racine Fire Department responded to an early morning house fire, 3511 19th St., Sunday, Nov. 10. When firefighters arrived on the scene just before 3:30 a.m. they saw flames coming from a roof vent on the north side of the single-story rental property. […]
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Public Notice on WE Energies’ Oak Creek Plant (Effective October 2019)
STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION TO REISSUE A WISCONSIN POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (WPDES) PERMIT No. WI-0000914-08-0 Permittee: Wisconsin Electric Power Co Oak Cr Plnt Elm R, 11060 S. Chicago Road, Oak Creek, WI, 53201 Facility Where Discharge Occurs: Wisconsin Electric Power Co Oak Cr Plnt Elm , 11060 […]
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Letter to the Editor: We Energies–Way Too Little, Much Too Late
Residents of Southeast Wisconsin inhale the most polluted air in the state. The air quality consistently receives an “F” from the American Lung Association. We Energies, with its two large coal plants in Oak Creek, continues to endanger the health of all who live within 25 miles of the plants. The coal dust particles being […]
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UPDATE: Power restored to 1,200 We Energies
UPDATE: Power was restored at about 5:15 p.m., but the cause of the outage has not been determined. STURTEVANT, WI – Almost 1,200 We Energies customers have been without power since 4:11 p.m. Thursday in the Sturtevant area. According to We Energies’ power outage map, the cause of the outage has not yet been determined. However, […]
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Column: How dirty is Racine County’s air?
Southeast Wisconsin has a serious air quality problem, and it is impacting the health of residents in Racine County. In observance of: Air Quality Awareness Week, April 29 – May 3, 2019National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, MayWorld Asthma Day, May 7, 2019 here are some air quality and asthma facts and how the two […]
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Several coal cars derail in Caledonia
Five Union Pacific Railroad cars carrying coal derailed near Highway 32 by Five Mile Road at about 4:30 a.m. Monday morning spilling coal on the tracks. No one was injured. The cars derailed when they hit a switch by Five Mile Road and flipped over into a field. They were taking the coal to the […]