- NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) and WPPI Energy say they plan to build a 100 MW solar energy center in Wisconsin, the largest such facility in the state. with a capacity to serve more than 23K people.
- WPPI says it has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement to buy the electricity from the solar energy center to serve its 51 member utilities in Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa.
- NEE expects to build and operate the Point Beach Solar Energy Center on land adjacent to its existing Point Beach Nuclear Plant in Two Rivers; the new facility is scheduled to come online in 2021.