No coal ash anyway.

Mike Carberry wrote:
>
> http://iowaindependent.com/20775/new-plan-possible-for-marshalltown-power-plant
>
>
>   New plan possible for Marshalltown power plant
>   <http://iowaindependent.com/20775/new-plan-possible-for-marshalltown-power-plant>
>
> By Jason Hancock <http://iowaindependent.com/author/jhancock/> 10/9/09 
> 1:40 PM
>
> The company that tried and failed to construct a coal-fired power 
> plant in Marshalltown is contemplating giving it another try, this 
> time with natural gas.
>
> The Marshalltown Times-Republican’s Ken Black reports that Tom Aller, 
> president of Interstate Power & Light, a subsidiary of Alliant Energy, 
> told the Iowa Utilities Board that a new plan may come in 2010. 
> <http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/520000.html?nav=5005>
>
> From Black’s report:
>
>     “What we learned through this process is what we have here,” Aller
>     said at that time. “It’s annexed. We’ve got roads. We know what
>     the water quality is. We know what the transmission capacity is.
>     These are all things we know about Marshalltown.”
>
>     What may not be as clear is the available fuel source. Coal was
>     the first choice and was scrapped.
>
>     Natural gas appears to be the next choice.
>
> Whether the city has the infrastructure in place to support a a 
> natural gas-fired plant is still unknown, but the city’s chamber of 
> commerce president said the city remains in contact with Alliant 
> Energy in regards to their future plans.
>
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