PSCW Approves Cranberry - Conover - Plains Transmission Project

The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin in November 2006 approved the Cranberry-Conover-Plains Project in Vilas, Forest and Florence counties. The project includes a new 138 kV, 16-mile line between the Cranberry Substation south of Eagle River and the Conover Substation east of Conover. It also involves the conversion of about 73 miles of existing lines from 69kV to 138 kV from Conover through Iron River to the Plains Substation in Quinnesec, Michigan, and the construction of new substations at Conover and Iron River. The Cranberry, Aspen and Plains substations will be expanded. Construction will begin on the Cranberry-Conover segment in Spring 2007. The work is expected to be completed by late 2009.

The benefits of the project are multi-faceted and expansive. The project addresses overloads, low voltages, and potential voltage collapse for the western part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin's Rhinelander Loop. In addition to setting the stage to address future needs in the region, it will substationally improve transfer capability between the U.P. and Wisconsin. The Project also includes the replacement of aging 69kV facilities between the Plains and Conover substations.

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