Muscatine utility looks to future expansion

By: Jim Elias|June 18, 2023

|4 min read

Muscatine Power and Water’s “Big Blue” against a blue sky — a shot of the Unit 9 coal-burning generating plant that typically runs 24/7. CREDIT JIM ELIAS

MUSCATINE, Iowa — Over 100 years ago, Muscatine voters decided a city-owned light and power generation was best for the future of the town. In March 1923, construction began on its first new power plants.

Fast forward 100 years and Muscatine Power and Water (MPW) is planning an expansion that will carry its operation and power generation into the 21st century. The plan is known as…

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Muscatine utility looks to future expansion

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