Capx2020 Approved

MADISON, Wis. — State regulators have approved plans to build a $202 million, high-voltage transmission line in western Wisconsin that will serve as the last leg of the CapX2020 transmission line, a 700-mile series of lines bringing lower-cost power from the Dakotas.
It also virtually assures that a similar high-voltage line, planned from the La Crosse [...]

State approves CapX2020 power line

MADISON — State regulators approved plans Thursday for a $202 million power line that will run for dozens of miles through western Wisconsin’s bluff and river country, despite concerns the line is unnecessary, too costly and would mar the pristine scenery.
Northern States Power Company, Dairyland Power Cooperative and WPPI Energy have been working to win [...]

Region doesn’t need power line project

American Transmission Co. held another open house on Tuesday in Onalaska for landowners who might be future hosts to the Badger-Coulee 345kV power line.
There are some important facts that were not reported. ATC’s Badger-Coulee Line will only be built if the CAPX2020 power line from Alma to Holmen is built first. CAPX2020 and Badger-Coulee are [...]

OPPONENTS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT STOPPING CAPX2020 PROJECT

(UNDATED) Opponents of major energy transmission line projects in the La Crosse area say if they can stop one project, they can stop both.
American Transmission Company recently narrowed down the prospective routes for the Badger-Coulee line, which would run 150 foot high power lines from La Crosse to Madison.
Opponents are not only against this project, [...]

Utilities fight to build more power lines

Disputes occurring as residents pay higher rates
Some strange battle lines are being drawn in the quest by power companies to build new high-voltage lines.
The typical players in power-line fights are grass-roots groups clamoring, often in vain, to stop power companies from building the big projects.
The new disputes come at a time when Wisconsin ratepayers are [...]

Opinions Divided On Badger Coulee Power Line

ONALASKA, Wisconsin (WXOW) – It would cost $425-million, paid for by Wisconsinites through a roughly one percent increase in their electricity rates.
American Transmission Company wants to build 345 kilovolt transmission line through Western Wisconsin, saying there is need for more energy here. “Right now the power is running on smaller lines,” says Sarah Justus, a [...]

See documents page for latest legal response to the PSC of Wi

For the Citizens Energy Task Force legal response to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin on the CapX2020 application requesting a Certificate to construct the CapX2020 powerline: 3/30/12 - See documents page or
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ATC Eliminates Options of Power Line Route

The Kickapoo Valley –one of the state’s most scenic regions — is no longer under consideration for a high-voltage transmission line through the Coulee Region.
American Transmission Co. on Tuesday unveiled preliminary route alternatives for the proposed 345-kilovolt Badger Coulee line that would connect the Madison area with CapX2020, another proposed high-voltage line from the Twin [...]

ATC Announces Round of Open Houses for Badger Coulee Line

MADISON, Wis. – American Transmission Co. is continuing a multi-year public outreach process for the proposed Badger Coulee Transmission Line Project with the third in a series of public open houses presenting preliminary routes for the proposed 150- to 170-mile, 345-kilovolt line from north of the La Crosse area to northern Dane County. Approximately 9,000 [...]

Opponents of CapX2020 power line project hand-deliver petition

 CENTERVILLE, Wis. — More people had a chance to speak out Wednesday night against a controversial proposed power line project.
The CapX2020 project would build 150 miles of power lines between Wisconsin and Minnesota.
In Centerville Wednesday, people had two chances to share their opinions on the project that has been in the works since 2007. It [...]