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This project is being built by [[Wisconsin Public Service]] Corporation, south of Wausau, WI. Dairyland Power has a 150 MW share of this plant. Construction began in Oct. 2004, and WPS expects the plant to be online by June 2008.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinpublicservice.com/news/weston4.aspx Wisconsin Public Service Corporation website], accessed January 2008.</ref>
Currently, the plant is in the two month initial start-up phase. The plant produced electricity on March 20, 2008. <ref>[http://www.wisconsinpublicservice.com/news/weston4.aspx], accessed April 2008.</ref>
The Sierra Club has contested the project’s air permits; the administrative judge assigned to the case agreed that more stringent pollution controls were legally required, but refused to halt construction of the plant. The Sierra Club has appealed the case to the Wisconsin state court.<ref>[http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp "Stopping the Coal Rush"], Sierra Club, accessed January 2008. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)</ref>

On February 12, 2009, the Court affirmed the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources's approval of the air permit.  According to the Sierra Club, they are considering appealing the case in the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.<ref>[http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp "Stopping the Coal Rush"], Sierra Club, accessed May 2009. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)</ref>  

==Project Details==
'''Sponsor:''' Wisconsin Public Service Corporation<br>
'''Location:''' Wausau, Marathon County, WI<br>
'''Capacity:''' 500 MW<br>
'''Type:''' Pulverized coal<br>
'''Projected in service:''' 2008<br>
'''Status:''' Construction<br>

==Financing==

==Citizen Groups==
*[http://wisconsin.sierraclub.org/ Wisconsin Sierra Club], Shahla Werner, join.muir.chapter [at] sierraclub.org
*[http://www.cleanwisconsin.org/pressroom/press_releases/122007.html Clean Wisconsin], Mark Redsten

==Resources==
===References===	
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===Related SourceWatch Articles===
*[[Wisconsin and coal]]

=== External links ===
* [http://tinyurl.com/37a5ue "Tracking New Coal-Fired Power Plants"], National Energy Technology Lab, May 2007, page 22. (PDF)
* [http://www.wisconsinpublicservice.com/news/about.aspx Wisconsin Public Service Corporation website]


[[Category: Proposed coal plants in Wisconsin]]