Here’s the official notice:
NOTICE OF TOWN HALL MEETINGThursday, February 21, 20085:00 to 8:00 p.m.GEF 2, Room G 09101 South Webster StreetMadison, WisconsinPublic Invited to Help Develop the Scope of the Study of State-Owned Power Plants in MadisonThe Wisconsin Department of Administration and the University of Wisconsin invite citizens to a town hall meeting to help develop the scope for a comprehensive feasibility study to analyze the way the state heats and cools state agency buildings and the U.W. campus in Madison.Last November the Department of Administration and the University of Wisconsin 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 agreements were filed with the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (Case Number 07-C-0251).
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 the UW campus in Madison.
The public is invited to provide input and help develop the scope of the study. The town hall 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:5:00 Self-guided Review of Displays5:45 Informational Presentation6:00 Open Forum7:00 Revisit Displays
