High-voltage transmission lines seen looking east from Seminole Highway along the Beltline. The 345-kilovolt Rockdale-West Middleton power line, completed in 2013 at a cost of $154 million, is one of the dozens of utility projects approved over the past two decades.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
With the Midwest grid operator expected to OK a package of power lines worth up to $100 billion, transmission utilities are pushing legislation to block competitive bidding.
With billions of dollars worth of projects in the works, Wisconsin lawmakers have introduced a bill that would block competition on long-distance power lines.
High-voltage transmission lines seen looking east from Seminole Highway along the Beltline. Utilities say competitive bidding will slow process on thousands of miles of new lines needed to accommodate new clean energy sources in the coming decades.
High-voltage transmission lines seen looking east from Seminole Highway along the Beltline. The 345-kilovolt Rockdale-West Middleton power line, completed in 2013 at a cost of $154 million, is one of the dozens of utility projects approved over the past two decades.
With the Midwest grid operator expected to OK a package of power lines worth up to $100 billion, transmission utilities are pushing legislation to block competitive bidding.
High-voltage transmission lines seen looking east from Seminole Highway along the Beltline. Utilities say competitive bidding will slow process on thousands of miles of new lines needed to accommodate new clean energy sources in the coming decades.
