By RYAN STOTTS | Lee Newspapers | Posted: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:05 am
CapX2020 representatives said Thursday they have chosen a preferred site for its proposed $2 billion Minnesota-Wisconsin high-voltage power line to cross the Mississippi River: Alma, Wis.
The consortium of 11 utility companies made the announcement at a town hall meeting at the Houston American Legion moderated by state Sen. Sharon Erickson Ropes, DFL-Winona.
If the Alma option is chosen, it would eliminate crossings that had been considered at Winona and La Crescent, Minn. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has 15 months to make the final decision once CapX2020 files in what likely will be November, Hillstrom said.
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