No one wants a power plant in their backyard. Residents of Fairfax made that known, and now, according to the Cedar Rapids Gazette, Alliant Energy has ‘deprioritized’ building a new natural gas power plant near the Linn County town. Now, the company says it is expanding its search in Eastern Iowa.
Where Might a New Power Plant Be Built?
The Gazette reports that Alliant Energy has declined to share information about where the plant might be located. However, Linn County Supervisor Kirsten Running-Marquardt told the Gazette that one potential site is actually near her house on the southwest side of Cedar Rapids. She went on to state that “They are now looking at unincorporated Linn County to site their very large natural gas plant.”…