The state is looking for a cleaner and more efficient power source than its coal-burning power plant in downtown Madison.
The state Department of Administration announced Thursday that it was launching a study to review the performance of the Capitol Heat and Power facility at 624 E. Main and look at alternatives. The aging facility is owned by the state and provides heating and cooling for state, city and county offices around the Capitol Square.
The Sierra Club, which in recent years has urged the state, Madison Gas & Electric and the University of Wisconsin-Madison to cease burning coal at its power plants, commended the state on its move.