NEWS RELEASE
Consumers Energy
2908 S. Center St.
Marshalltown, IA 50158
800-696-6552
Release Date: Immediate
Contact: Brian Heithoff, Manager @ 641-752-1593
Renewable Energy Tour
Consumers Energy is sponsoring a Renewable Energy Tour for its
members-customers and friends of the cooperative. The tour will
be on June 11th and will consist of touring the Biomass Energy Conversion
Facility in Nevada and then touring the Top of Iowa Wind Farm north
of Mason City.
A bus will be rented and will depart from Consumers Energy headquartered
at 2908 South Center Street in Marshalltown at 7:45 a.m. and will
arrive for an 8:30 a.m. tour of the Becon facilities in Nevada.
At approximately 10:00 a.m., the bus will depart for the wind farm.
The wind farm tour will begin at 1:00 p.m., after which the group
will come back to Nevada and then back to Marshalltown. Expected
arrival time back in Marshalltown is 6:00 p.m.
For those interested, contact Consumers Energy at 641-752-1593.
Costs are $13.00 per person for member-customers and $20.00 per
person for non-members. Cost of the tour includes a lunch and snacks.
Brian Heithoff, CEO/General Manager of Consumers Energy stated,
As renewable energy technologies advance in their development,
Consumers Energy feels it is important to provide educational opportunities
to learn about these advancements. It is an exciting, yet a challenging
time for the energy industry, and Consumers Energy wants its customers
to be knowledgeable of their energy options.
Consumers Energy is a progressive energy solutions and energy services
company serving 4,700 customers in Marshall, Story, Polk, Tama and
Jasper Counties since 1938. Today Consumers Energy is perched on
the threshold of a new and challenging future. Consumers Energy
is also a Touchstone Energy partner, which is an alliance of local,
consumer-owned electric utilities serving millions of businesses
and homes across the country.
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