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JOHNSON COUNTY — MidAmerican Energy is seeking permission to extend a natural gas pipeline into Washington and Johnson counties to connect to an Alliant Energy power plants.

The plant in question — Alliant Energy’s Prairie Creek Generating Station in Cedar Rapids — is poised to cease coal operations by the end of 2025, and pivot to using natural gas to power the plant.

Sara Houlihan, director of right of way services with MidAmerican Energy, said MidAmerican has agreed to provide natural gas to Alliant to support the Prairie Creek plant . In order to do so, she said MidAmerican must expand its current natural gas pipeline that runs north from Washington County.

Currently, MidAmerican o

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