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A power giant is hoping to bring more high-voltage transmission lines to Madison, promising to deliver clean and green energy from the west.
But critics are questioning the logic of building a 150-mile power line for electricity that could be generated closer to home.
"The majority of condemnations involve small amounts of land taken from ordinary people. Taken together, that adds up to a lot of value that should be protected, and property rights are fundamental to our republic," said Robert Roth, a Menomonee Falls lawyer who specializes in eminent domain cases.
WPL is penalized for unclear information about wind-farm project
November 12, 2010 by Judy Newman in Wisconsin State Journal
November 12, 2010 by Judy Newman in Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin Power & Light got a slap on the wrist from state regulators for not making it clear that there will be problems getting electricity out to consumers from a major wind farm the Madison utility company is building in Minnesota.
Last April, WPL requested a $35.4 million rate boost for 2011, primarily to help pay for the Bent Tree wind farm near Albert Lea, Minn.
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Wind power might require a costly grid expansion
July 18, 2010 by Thomas Content in Journal Sentinel
July 18, 2010 by Thomas Content in Journal Sentinel
A group of utilities in 11 states, including Pewaukee-based American Transmission Co., is studying three alternatives, each of which would cost at least $23 billion over the next 20 years.
What's unclear: How much it will end up costing for Wisconsin's share of the projects. A more detailed analysis has been launched to help determine what the payoff could be in savings from increasing the flow of low-cost power around the region, said Flora Flygt, ATC's director of strategic projects.
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Wind transmission grid weakens west of Wisconsin
January 20, 2010 by Melissa Rigney Baxter in The Daily Reporter
January 20, 2010 by Melissa Rigney Baxter in The Daily Reporter
The multimillion-dollar construction projects to get the blades spinning won't mean much if there's no way to transmit wind farm electricity.
So far in Wisconsin, transmission has been less of a problem than local approvals and harnessing the wind, but that could change as the state reaches farther west for renewable energy.
The people who live in Pleasant Springs have no choice but to trust that an estimated $220 million transmission line will not get too close to a subdivision. ...Public Service Commission of Wisconsin earlier this month chose not to reconsider Waukesha-based American Transmission Co. LLC's proposal for a 345-kilovolt line between Rockdale and west Middleton near Madison.
Rebuilding of power line may result in incidental take of rare lizard
November 11, 2009 in WI Department of Natural Resources
November 11, 2009 in WI Department of Natural Resources
Wisconsin’s endangered species law (s. 29.604, Wis. Stats.) requires the Department of Natural Resources to notify the public when it proposes to authorize the incidental taking of a state endangered or threatened species.
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