We Energies is about two months away from starting operations at its newest liquified natural gas (LNG) facility in Ixonia. Construction on the $192 million facility started in 2021. The company expects to see $200 million in savings once the new LNG plant is online next February.
There is another LNG plant in Bluff Creek, which cost $180 million to complete. During a media tour Friday, representatives with We Energies explained LNG facilities are more cost effective and efficient than older plants.
We Energies’ older Oak Creek LNG facility takes two years to fill, whereas the new technology in the Ixonia plant allows for maximum storage capacity to be reached in just a few months. The Ixonia facility is also four times larger than the older Oak Creek plant.
“It gives you the ability to generate and dispatch the gas more freely when you need it and not hold back for the worst of the worst,” said Andy Hesselbach, senior vice president of gas operations at We Energies.
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