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Radio Made in Michigan
1:55 pm
Mon June 17, 2013

New co-generation power plant set to recharge Lansing

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Credit Kevin Lavery
The Lansing Board of Water and Light's REO Town co-generation plant will use natural gas to produce both steam and electric power.
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The former Grand Truck Western Railroad Depot was built in 1902, just before R.E. Olds built his automobile facility in Lansing. The BWL has restored the building and will use it as a meeting space.
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Once operational on July 1, the plant will eliminate the need to burn 375,000 tons of coal each year.
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The control room is perched above the main floor. Technicians can also monitor the BWL's chiller plant in downtown Lansing.
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The $182 million plant has been under construction for more than two years.
Credit Kevin Lavery
The Lansing Board of Water and Light will officially open the REO Town co-gen plant with a series of public events on July 1.
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The massive co-generation power plant rising above Lansing's REO Town neighborhood is nearly complete. The Lansing Board of Water and Light 's (BWL) new 46,000 square-foot facility has been under construction for more than two years. The power plant officially comes online July 1, and will replace four coal-fired steam units at the nearby Moores Park plant built in 1950s. The BWL says the new plant is much more environmentally friendly. Residents and business owners believe it will also bring economic gain to their neighborhood. 

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Radio Made in Michigan
2:08 pm
Mon April 22, 2013

New solar-powered electric charging stations come to Lansing

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The electric plug at the BWL's solar-powered charging station provides 240 volts' worth of power.
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Lansing Board of Water and Light Project Manager Angie Goodman says the electric car charging station features a five-point plug. As a safety feature, electricity begins to flow once the final point is connected. That's called the "handshake."
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Technicians put the finishing touches on the Lansing Board of Water and Light's new solar-powered electric car charging station near the Lansing City Market.
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The BWL's solar powered electric charging station will be fully operational on April 23.
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In 2010, the Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) established its Plug-in Electric Vehicle Community Project. With funding from the U.S. department of Energy, the BWL installed an array of electric vehicle charging stations across the Lansing area to promote this emerging technology.  Now, the utility is taking another step towards building an electric car infrastructure.  

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Radio Made in Michigan
1:08 pm
Wed February 13, 2013

Latest Lansing City Council squabble, privatizing Water & Light

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The Lansing city council is having an intense squabble involving technology and transparency.  Two unresolved issues appear to be at the heart of the dispute.  

First, did a city employee erase information from the city-issued laptop of council person Kathie Dunbar?  

Second, should a full council session involving “computer usage”-- presumably related to the incident -- have been closed to the public and the media?  

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NewsRoom
4:24 pm
Tue May 29, 2012

LBWL “Tops Out” New REO Town Plant

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The Lansing Board of Water and Light is celebrating an early milestone in the construction of its new cogeneration plant in REO Town.

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