Dive Brief:

• The Wisconsin Public Service Commission approved a plan to switch a 280-MW coal-fired power plant in Milwaukee to burn natural gas.
• We Energies believes that converting the Valley plant to natural gas for about $69 million is a better option than adding pollution controls or retiring the generating station.
• Environmental groups supported the proposal, which We Energies expects to finish by early 2016.

Dive Insight:

Another coal plant bites the dust. In this case, it's a fuel switch. The trends are set: less coal, more gas and renewables.