Oak Creek/ Elm Road
Oak Creek/ Elm Road
Expanding           Total Power
1240 MW
Address

11060 S. Chicago Road
Oak Creek, WI
53154
United States of America
Latitude: 42.8457
Longitude: -87.8294
Notes
In February 2009, an explosion in a dust collection silo injured 6 workers. The dust collection technology was built in 2007, produced by Airtrol Inc. This plant burns Power River Basin Coal. As of Dec. 2009, construction of expanded units still not complete. Expansion unit 1 will be opened January 2010 and the second expansion unit is set for completion in August 2010. This plant would draw 1.8 billion gallons of water/day from Lake Michigan. The above-listed cost pertains only to the cost of constructing the 2 most recent units. We Energies encountered significant legal hurdles put forward by Sierra Club and Clean Wisconsin. The 7 year lawsuiit ended in a $105 million settlement in favor of Sierra Club and Clean Wisconsin.
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Environmental Justice Analysis
Distance (miles)02.551025
American Indian0.9%0.9%0.5%0.6%0.8%
Asian2.2%2.1%2.2%3.2%3.7%
Black0.6%1.5%2.0%5.9%16.0%
Hispanic7.1%7.4%8.3%11.7%18.2%
White86.5%84.8%83.1%74.7%58.1%
58.1%
Population1,4772,36713k118k998k
Income$112k$54k
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GROUPS
GroupSt.Interest
Sierra Club Interested


CORPORATION
NameRelationOwnership
Wisconsin Electric Power Co Owner 100%


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