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Co-gen plant is upheld

State Rep. Spencer Black called the project ‘ill-conceived, … never competitively bid … and sold with a promise to give the university first call on the power produced that was later broken by the PSC. ‘A Dane County circuit judge this week upheld the Wisconsin Public Service Commission’s approval of the $180 million power plant that Madison Gas and Electric and the UW-Madison are building on the west side of campus.