BWL

The Board of Water & Light’s Board of Commissioners are deciding how to proceed with the city-owned utility’s first long-term strategic plan since 2008. The proposal could include a second new natural gas-fired electric plant, this one to replace the outdated Eckert Plant that is scheduled to close by 2020.

The board, in setting such policy, is unleashing market forces to respond. When this coal plant was built, it competed with nothing. That’s right; built in 1950, coal was the only choice. Today, wind, solar, natural gas and nuclear are all competitive. In addition, taking into account environmental factors is now evident in energy planning.

Congratulations to Lansing’s Board of Commissioners; who are setting policy reflective of the current technology and environmental knowledge.

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http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2016/08/17/bwl-strategic-plan/88864244/