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KEY FACTS  
 
Background
  • Formed in 2001 as the nation’s first multi-state transmission only utility
  • Companies that transferred transmission assets or cash to ATC now are equity owners
  • A transmission-owning member of the Midwest ISO, Midwest Reliability Organization and Reliability First Corporation.
  • Regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for rates and tariffs
  • Regulated by states for siting transmission infrastructure
  • Headquartered in Pewaukee, Wis., with approximately 535 employees working in Wisconsin and Michigan.

Assets
  • 9,440 circuit miles of transmission line
  • 519 substations (wholly or jointly owned)
  • $3.1 billion in total assets

Operations

Construction Program

  • $2.7 billion investment in the transmission system since 2001
  • Upgraded more than 1,700 miles of lines
  • Built 540 miles of new lines
  • Improved 140 substations
  • Supported 1,100 megawatts of new peak electric usage
  • Connected 5,711 megawatts of new generation at 21 sites
  • Reduced energy losses by more than 15 million megawatt hours
  • $3.4 to $4.4 billion investment planned over the next 10 years based on our 2011 Ten-Year Transmission System Assessment
 
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