We Energies Buying Up Properties Around Oak Creek Plant
A spokesman for We Energies said over the past three years they have purchased eight homes near the plant's main entrance. A number are now up for sale and at least one has been bought up by We Energies.
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Officials with We Energies have been buying property along County Line Road near the Oak Creek Power Plant.
Brian Manthey, a spokesman for We Energies, said they have purchased eight homes around the plant near the main entrance and surrounding area since 2009.
A number of properties in the immediate area have elevated levels of molybdenum, according to a story published in 2010 in the Journal Times.
High levels of molybdenum, a naturally occurring metal and also a byproduct of coal combustion, in private wells near the We Energies Oak Creek power plant has left several nearby residents dependent on bottled water for more than a year.
That was two years ago, but Manthey said the decision to buy the properties didn’t have anything to do with the molybdenum levels.
“Some of those have been above the standards and some have been below,” he said.
Shorewest Realty currently has five other properties listed for sale on County Line Road just off of Douglas Avenue and one of them has an offer to purchase. We Energies also bought one of those properties last month, according to county documents.
“We’re not actually approaching people to purchase their properties. There have been properties that have gone on to the market that made sense to purchase,” Manthey said. “It’s a busy area and there are trucks coming in and out from that entrance. It’s been a significant change and it made sense to buy these properties if they became available.”
Heather in Caledonia
8:41 am on Thursday, June 14, 2012
I KNEW there was something like that going on. So... what do they plan on doing with the properties? Knocking the houses down and making into prairie?
Denise Lockwood
9:07 am on Thursday, June 14, 2012
They'll maintain them, but they aren't sure at this point what they will be doing with them.
Ron Clone
9:22 am on Thursday, June 14, 2012
Yeah, right. Nothing to do with high levels of metals in the water. Sure. Stick with that story.
Mike in OC
11:44 am on Thursday, June 14, 2012
Where is Erin Brockovich on this one?
oak creek resident
9:06 pm on Saturday, June 16, 2012
LOL...good one! Even if you didn't mean it to be funny...it was.
mau
1:16 pm on Thursday, June 14, 2012
They're doing the right thing. WeEnergy could do like they did around Pleasant Prairie Power Plant. Buy up the properties then make it into an Industrial Park. It would be a win-win situation.
rudi wendt
4:47 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
mau, I just happen to be looking at these old posts. You had said at one time that WEPCO are good neighbors, you can't be to close of a neighbor or I think I would of met you at least once in my 50 years of living here. So I'm guessing you must be living outside the so called 1 and a half mile buffer zone. Which is not really a buffer zone but just more room for WEPCO to expand. And harassing people is just one way for WEPCO to clear the area.
jack ryan
2:37 pm on Thursday, June 14, 2012
I applaud WE for doing this, and I am a stockholder.
Cliffside
6:34 pm on Thursday, June 14, 2012
In my humble opinion, wouldnt it be more cost effective for WE energies to pay to extend the water lines that O.C. has on hwy 32 to these homes rather than buy them. This gives the homes safe water and makes them easier to sell. After all WE energies gets its money from our energy bills.
rudi wendt
6:38 pm on Sunday, June 24, 2012
Divide and Conquer,Summary of the last 5years of hell.NO.1 Install view obstructing annoying hill to bounce loud harassing exhaust off.NO.2 Change highway for no real reason.NO.3 Repair highway change.NO.4 Change landscape by removing ditch.NO.5 Repair landscape change.NO.6 Construction crew harassment.NO.7Power plant harassment.NO.8 Traffic harassment with UNBELIEVABLY LOUD EXHAUST.NO.9 Corruption Cover Up.Lawyer will get ALL the details.For WI. building the largest power plant here they should be totally embarrassed,OMG.And Denise L. keep up the good work.
hwy 32 resident
9:02 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012
who has information about the purchase prices of the homes which we energies has bought?
rudi wendt
10:37 pm on Thursday, July 12, 2012
Is this a mole trying to say something? Because as far as I know you can find this out from the county records.They will be lies anyway because CORRUPTION costs money and everyone signs a confidentially paper anyway.Not to mention a RELEASE FORM for any future health problems tying WEpp.For the record this household is still being HARASSED by these TOTALLY RUDE people.You know when you look at today's kids and you see them being rude to animals or just being totally rude , crazy or what have you,well, the parents of these kids are perfect example of why kids act the way they do.Is it a wonder this world is going to HELL.People are just plain RUDE,we should all go to hell.God somewhere is scratching his head wondering where he went wrong.Maybe the world should end so he can start over again.
rudi wendt
12:52 am on Friday, July 13, 2012
I believe Johnsons Wax is doing some kind of project on S.Stuart Rd. and bought some properties there.I'm just wondering,does anybody know if they acquired these properties with saying their water is contaminated and harassment.
Tansandy
5:39 am on Friday, July 13, 2012
First of all, the wells that are contaminated has never been proven to be the fault of WE. To the contrary, this was proven not to be their fault. Does anyone remember the old landfill that was run in that area? Didn't think so. And why would you complain about traffic, when you built your home on a major state thoroughfare? That's like buying property next to the airport, then complain about airplanes! Don't worry, nothing will be built there. With the backwards thinking of Caledonia and the way they make investors, developers, and contractors jump through hoops, they look elsewhere to build other than Mayberry.
rudi wendt
9:14 am on Friday, July 13, 2012
First of all,it's totally funny when NOW that WE wants this land out here that they discover that the water is contaminated,HUM, coincidence,interesting.Second of all,WE put this totally STUPID contaminated ash hill directly in front of our house as close as they could and we didn't have trouble with noise until WEpp was ready to boot us out of here,or is this also a coincidence.I'd rather doubt it since people have been running open exhaust plus hitting the gas as they are passing the house,AOs! Come on now lady, how dumb do you think we are?We've lived here for 50 years,hear me?,50 YEARS.I'm 55 years old, I do know this area,well.Are you just another MOLE trying to cause more trouble.I do know how to read HARASSMENT.The pp is by the lake, how much land do they need to CONTAMINATE ?And any one can HIDE behind a steering wheel and cause trouble or behind a computer thinking they know what they're talking about,unless MOLE alert.I would love to know where these HARASSERS live, just to say HI,from behind a steering wheel.By the way, where do you live, and whats your real name?
Greg
3:49 pm on Monday, July 16, 2012
Totally funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc5G04nJecI
rudi wendt
4:14 pm on Monday, July 16, 2012
Greg,I can always use a good laugh,good one.Totally foregot about that,excellent movie.
Scott
4:55 pm on Monday, July 16, 2012
Isn't is common knowledge that We Energies is the devil incarnate? I for one don't invest in companies that make me feel guilty. But then again, they usually aren't the most profitable. Although I sleep well.
mau
5:13 pm on Monday, July 16, 2012
Here's the solution. Everybody quit using electricity and all the evil electric utilities will go away.
rudi wendt
8:37 am on Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Sounds like your advocating harassment.I never said they shouldn't expand.All I asked was to leave us alone.We didn't ask to have this assh hill,or this stupid driveway.If Linda Sodemann wouldn't of lied to us in the very beginning we wouldn't all be wasting our time hear now.Also if the project manager, Steve Perrigo weren't so malicious,I wouldn't have the medical problems I'm dealing with.
rudi wendt
8:05 am on Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Starting with you,MAU.
mau
12:16 pm on Tuesday, July 17, 2012
I'm not complaining about utilities. I know the power they hold and the games they play.
Caledonia should have negotiated with them long ago and gotten into a deal like the industrial park Pleasant Prairie has. They even built a huge sports complex right across from PPPP, including a man made lake.
mau
12:19 pm on Tuesday, July 17, 2012
A power plant across the road had no negative effect in Pleasant Prairie as can be seen by the RecPlex that was built there.
http://recplexonline.com/
rudi wendt
12:44 pm on Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Yeh,so what.