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Opponents speaking out about new proposed High Voltage Power line to La Crosse (WKBT TV)

Transcript of video from WKBT TV8 in La Crosse, WI: Plans are on the table to build a new high-voltage power line that would link Madison to La Crosse. But like other proposed power line projects in the Midwest, this one is creating some controversy. Wisconsin based American Transmission Company is looking to build what [...]

High-voltage power line would link Madison, La Crosse

Thomas Content blogged at the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: American Transmission Co. announced Monday that it will seek to build a 345,000-volt power line linking Madison and La Crosse, with the cost of the project tentatively pegged at $425 million. The Pewaukee-based power company says two years of study have shown that a 150-mile line would boost [...]

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    The Citizens Energy Task Force (CETF) is a coalition of neighbors and citizens concerned about the proposed CapX2020 high voltage transmission lines in Minnesota and Wisconsin. As a legally registered "intervening party" in the CapX2020 permitting process, we represent the concerns of citizens who question the need for these particular high voltage power lines, and who support clean, sustainable, locally-generated power sources.

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