Transmission line raises questions

Dairyland Power Co-operative in partnership with GridLiance Heartland have proposed building a 140-mile electric transmission line from Marion, Minnesota to Bell Center, Wisconsin. This transmission line would be a segment of much longer transmission line.

As proposed the project would co-locate a 765-kilovolt (kV) power line with the existing 161 kV power line.

The proposed line would use towers as high as 199 feet, substantially more than the current 70-foot high structures. The proposed project would also call for the expansion of  the current right-of-way easement to be expanded from 100 feet to approximately 200 feet. If built, the 765 kV transmission would also carry six time more electric power than the largest transmission lines (345kV) now being used in the state...

The Website for this project is here:

https://www.maribelltransmission.com/

   ...more