Milwaukee County Courthouse - Construction and renovation of the courthouse complex will involve the rebranded “Offices of Sustainability and Facilities Planning.” As the County’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, Dir. of the Offices, Grant Helle, is involved in the early planning to assure both emissions reductions and cost savings.
WI Public Service Commission ruling requires data center companies to post financial guarantees - The PSC declined to hear We Energies' June 10 petition asking the Commission to rollback its requirement to post financial guarantees in cash or lines of credit. This means the decision stands and homeowners, small businesses and manufacturing will experience cost savings.
Suit challenges WI DNR’s environmental review of Port Washington Data Center - On behalf of Sierra Club, Midwest Environmental Advocates has filed a suit alleging WI’s DNR failed to require an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Vantage Data Center in Port Washington. Air permits for the installation of 45 diesel generators at the site were included in the project that also involves new gas plants, substations, high voltage lines and more. While the public asked for an EIS in early and mid-2025 - and the DNR agreed, a less demanding Environmental Assessment has allowed the project to proceed - without a thorough EIS that the public wanted so residents could be heard. Hence the lawsuit.