Proposed power plant sparks backlash over potential community impacts: 'It sets up this false choice'

Proposed power plant sparks backlash over potential community impacts: 'It sets up this false choice'

We Energies — the trade name of the Wisconsin Electric Power Company, or WEPCO — wants to launch a new gas plant at its Oak Creek facility as it further shifts away from coal. As FOX6 News Milwaukee reported in March, the proposal is being met with resistance from local clean energy advocates who would prefer to see the company investing in renewable sources like wind and solar instead.  What's happening? We Energies says the $1.2 billion projec…