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Transmission e-dition is our way to keep you up to date as we work to help keep the lights on, business running and communities strong.
In each edition of the newsletter, we’ll share construction project developments, regulatory and industry news, upcoming events and other activities of interest.
Visit our site often….if you’d like to submit a story idea or have a question, send us a note at info@atcllc.com.
What’s new in our transmission portfolio?
A 19-mile power line between Saukville and Hartford in Ozaukee and Washington counties is being rebuilt to accommodate additional generation that will be placed in service next year from the We Energies power plant in Port Washington. Most of the 60-year-old wood structures will be replaced with taller structures.
An open house is scheduled July 11 for members of the Fitchburg area to learn about ATC’s plans for a new Sun Valley Substation.
Public outreach is beginning on a new, two-mile transmission line needed to connect Alliant Energy’s new generating unit at its Nelson Dewey facility to the ATC system. An open house is planned for July 18 at the Cassville High School.
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has approved ATC’s application to make improvements to the Stone Lake Substation in Sawyer County. The substation connects ATC’s new 345-kV Arrowhead Weston line with the existing 161-kV system in northwestern Wisconsin. The improvements will make this interconnection permanent and provide benefits to the regional transmission system as well as local distribution companies, including Dairyland Power Cooperative, Minnesota Power and Xcel Energy.
Visit our Website for more information on all our active projects.
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| Archaeologists are preserving artifacts along the Gardner Park-Central Wisconsin transmission line route this summer. |
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Pictured here in Marathon County, the group has unearthed small pieces of quartz, which were used by Native Americans as spear points. |
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Did you know?
Living off the grid – not mainstream, yet.
The Associated Press recently reported that about 180,000 households in the United States currently live “off-the-grid” with renewable energy systems meeting their power needs. And that number increases by about one-third each year. Most of that growth is in California, but Texas, New Jersey and Wisconsin are seeing increases in homes not connected to the transmission system. For more information on off-the-grid living in Wisconsin, visit the Focus on Energy Web site.
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