Direct Testimony for Coalition against the proposed Marshalltown Coal Plant

Here are the filings from the Coalition made by Plains Justice in opposition to Interstate Power & Light (Alliant Energy)’s proposal for a 660MW* coal-fired powerplant near Marshalltown, IA.

• The petition to intervene drafted by Plains Justice on behalf of Coalition partners Community Energy Solutions, Iowa Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Iowa Farmers Union, Iowa Environmental Council, and Iowa Renewable Energy Association.
• The testimony of Dr. James Hansen of NASA and the Goddard Institute for Space Studies
• The testimony of Dr. Neil Harl, Professor Emeritus of Agriculture and Economics at Iowa State University
• The testimony of Thomas Sanzillo of TR Rose Associates
• The testimony of Dr. Kristin Welker-Hood of Physicians for Social Responsibility

*Why do you keep saying 660MW when the Alliant application says 630MW?

In testimony to the Iowa Utilities Board this summer about the sale of its transmission assets to a Michigan company (docket SPU-07-11), Alliant stated repeatedly that the Marshalltown plant would be closer to 660MW.