Town hall meeting set on state-owned heating, power plants in Madison

The state Department of Administration and the University of Wisconsin–Madison are holding a town hall meeting on Thursday, Feb. 21, to help develop the scope for a comprehensive feasibility study to analyze the way the state heats and cools state agency buildings and the UW–Madison campus.

The meeting will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. in the GEF 2 State Office Building, Room G-09, at 101 S. Webster St. in Madison.

Last November, the Department of Administration and UW–Madison entered into agreements with the Department of Natural Resources and the Sierra Club to complete a feasibility study on the Charter Street Heating Plant and other power plants in Madison.

The state-owned power plants include the Charter Street Heating Plant, the Walnut Street Heating Plant, the West Campus Cogeneration Facility and the Capitol Heat & Power Plant. MGE’s Blount Street Plant will also be considered in the study. The state-owned facilities mainly provide steam to heat and cool state agency buildings and UW–Madison.

The public is invited to provide input and help develop the scope of the study. The meeting will include a formal presentation, displays regarding different options and an open forum for the public to provide comments. The agenda is as follows:

5 p.m., self-guided review of displays;
5:45 p.m., informational presentation;
6 p.m., open forum;
7 p.m., revisit displays;
7:45 p.m., wrap-up.

Questions regarding the session should be directed to the Department of Administration at (608) 266-1855 or to UW–Madison at (608) 262-9406.