The group is asking that negotiations be suspended because they will affect the outcome of the TRTP but do not provide an opportunity for interested parties to participate.
The current comment period pertains specifically to the project’s ongoing environmental assessment, but most of the comments submitted to Wisconsin regulators primarily call for an underground alignment of the lines.
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has made a determination of no competitive interest after soliciting input from other potential competitors and the public.
According to TransmissionHub data, transmission spending between 2012 and 2020 will reach $169.7bn, with $68.6bn of projects to come online in the 2012-2015 period and more than $101bn to come online between 2016 and 2020.
Clean Wisconsin officials still are not convinced the CapX2020 Alma-La Crosse 345-kV line is needed but are pleased about some conditions included with the line’s preliminary approval.
Don Jessome, president and CEO of Transmission Developers, Inc., said the fact that the state Public Service Commission will be reviewing only a handful of contested issues is good news.
After several hours of detailed discussion and debate, the commission voted unanimously to approve the Alma-La Crosse 345-kV line; also approved a route alignment and other factors.
The joint proposal approving the project, hammered out in closed-door sessions over a period of more than a year, apparently did not resolve all the issues related to the project as developers earlier stated.
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The companies also propose to change the operating voltage of a portion of an existing 69-kV line to 115 kV. 
Lucky Corridor's proposed clean energy transmission line is advancing through the civil engineering stage, and has been granted an MOU with WAPA.
