CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA – Alliant Energy’s Iowa utility company received a proposed decision and order today from Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) Chair Libby Jacobs approving a siting certificate and establishing ratemaking principles for the proposed Marshalltown Generating Station (MGS). The proposed MGS is an approximate 600 megawatt, combined-cycle natural gas facility planned for construction in Marshalltown, Iowa.
Chair Jacobs was the presiding officer for the MGS administrative hearing and issued the proposed decision and order.
“We are pleased that the order supports the need for MGS and that its construction would benefit our customers for years to come,” said Tom Aller, President of Alliant Energy’s Iowa utility company. “We are currently evaluating the details of today’s order.”
The company is in the process of attaining other state and federal permitting approvals necessary to construct and operate the MGS. The IUB’s approval is conditional on receiving these permits. Pending all regulatory approvals, the company expects to begin construction in 2014 and begin operations in 2017.