First expansion unit at Oak Creek reaches major milestone

From an update on Power the Future issued by We Energies:

The first expansion unit at Oak Creek reached a major milestone July 23, 2009, shortly before 10 p.m. when the boiler was fired for the first time. Standard procedure is to use natural gas for first fire.
Our contractor Bechtel Power Corp. will work over the next few months to focus on commissioning, fine tuning and performance testing of the unit. First fire on coal should take place by early October. Bechtel continues to target the completion of Unit 1 by the end of this year and Unit 2 in the third quarter 2010.

The Oak Creek Power Plant expansion includes the construction of two 615-megawatt coal-fueled generating units. These units will be equipped with state-of-the-art emission-control technology, making our Oak Creek facility one of the cleanest plants of its type in the world.