Combustion Turbine Project

Burns & McDonnell provided professional services to identify and evaluate sites, provided development assistance and provided permitting for the installation of a peaking facility in Sheboygan County, Wis.

• Project development
• Site selection
• Land acquisition
• Conceptual engineering
• Permitting
• Planning, estimating and scheduling
• Project management
• Transmission load flow analysis and interconnect assistance
• Combustion turbine assistance
• Inlet air evaporative cooling

Burns & McDonnell’s development services also included application development and coordination for the various construction and operating permits required, detailed design and construction management for the project.

The primary and alternate project sites were identified in the summer of 2001. Burns & McDonnell had selected the two feasible candidate sites to comply with the requirements of the PSCW. The project’s Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and the environmental permit applications were issued and Burns & McDonnell’s construction group initiated construction in August 2004 with operation in June 2005.

Burns & McDonnell conducted initial siting and development for the peaking power plant. The project was then purchased by Alliant Energy Generation and Burns & McDonnell continued with development activities through final Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) approvals.

Burns & McDonnell’s services included the following development activities:

• Site identification, evaluation and selection.
• Site infrastructure development and engineering support.
• Transmission interconnection request application.
• Submittal of Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) application to the PSCW including direct testimony for approval of the project.
• WDNR permits including synthetic minor air permit, high capacity well permit, WPDES construction stormwater permit and industrial discharge permit.
• Other permitting including Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) notifications, Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WDOT) notifications and various county and local permits and approvals.
• Conceptual design and scope definition including development of performance estimates, capital cost estimates, operating maintenance cost estimates, and a conceptual schedule.
• Evaluation of various plant configuration options.