In March, Blount Street plant to make gas its primary fuel

In March, the century-old Blount Street power plant Downtown will make natural gas – not coal – its primary fuel. As new generation has been built in recent years – including the natural gas-fueled power plant on the UW-Madison campus that provides steam and chilled water to heat and cool campus buildings, in addition to generating up to 150 megawatts of electricity – the Blount Street plant has been relegated to secondary status.