wiredinUSA May 2012

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wiredInUSA - May 2012
The Illinois Commerce
Commission (ICC) has
approved American
Transmission Co’s (ATC)
proposal to build a new $31m
transmission line project
in the US.
The 345kV Pleasant
Prairie-Zion Energy Center
project will stretch 5.8 miles
from the Pleasant Prairie
Substation in Wisconsin to the
Zion Energy Center Substation
in Illinois.
ICC approved ATC’s
application for the Illinois
portion of the line which
includes a 1.8 mile preferred
route and two alternatives.
The preferred route begins
at the Illinois-Wisconsin border,
travels south along the
eastern portion of railroad
right-of-way west of the
Trumpet Park Subdivision,
and ends at the northeast
side of the Zion Energy Center
Substation.
The company filed an
application for the Wisconsin
portion of the line to the
Public Service Commission
of Wisconsin in October 2011
and anticipates a decision
next month.
Construction will begin
later this year and the line is
expected to be in service
during 2013.
American
Transmission
proposal
approved
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