Articles Tagged: Alliant Energy

Perhaps the person most responsible for selling electricity in its early days to Cedar Rapidians was Louise Hathaway.

At no cost to themselves, Alliant Energy customers managed to raise $10,000 for Iowa food bank partners.

Several plants in Iowa are transitioning from coal to natural gas to produce electricity. Here’s why

Construction on a community solar garden in Cedar Rapids started this summer with an estimated completion of late next summer.

Things are good for business in Iowa, Iowa Business Council Executive Director Joe Murphy said. But we better be prepared for some potential hurdles on the horizon.

The breakfast and lunch spot will close June 30, after 7 years in business.

If all is approved, the company plans to begin operation by the end of 2024.

NextEra’s Duane Arnold Energy Center has completed a major step in decommissioning the closed nuclear power plant near Palo.

Alliant is working in partnership with Trees Forever to help 33 communities -- including Marion, Hiawatha and Ely -- with grants to plant trees. A total of $120,000 in tree grants are being awarded.

Every year, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps families pay heating bills and provides peace of mind. Households in Iowa still have time to apply for funds through April 30.

IUB’s partial procedural schedule sets deadlines of April 7 for any parties seeking intervention and April 14 for responses to any filed comment, objection or request to intervene.

NextEra, which will build the project at the decommissioned Duane Arnold nuclear facility and plans to sell it to Alliant Energy to own and operate, submitted the plans to Linn County for the two solar energy sites in Palo.

Storm blows over semi in Walford, killing the driver. It was the only reported fatality from the unusual December thunderstorm.

Completion of the bridge as part of the ConnectCR project, which also will revitalize Cedar Lake and bring new amenities, is slated for 2024. Once finished, it will be named the Alliant Energy LightLine.

Alliant Energy plans Tuesday to file a proposal with the Iowa Utilities Board to buy a large-scale solar project near Palo from NextEra Energy Resources and further develop that project into the state’s largest solar and battery storage facility.