LARGE-SCALE ENERGY PROJECTS | COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS
State lawmakers, grid operator challenge effort to limit competitive bidding on large energy projects
MITCHELL SCHMIDT
Updated
Transmission towers that are part of the Cardinal-Hickory Creek project are shown along the southern shoulder of Stagecoach Road in the village of Cross Plains. Several companies assert that the process for soliciting bids for certain regional transmission projects is “unjust and unreasonable.”
An effort by several utility companies — including some of the largest in the state — seeking to limit competition on large-scale energy infrastructure projects has been met with pushback from a dozen state lawmakers and the Midwest grid operator that oversees Wisconsin’s transmission network.
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Transmission towers that are part of the Cardinal-Hickory Creek project are shown along the southern shoulder of Stagecoach Road in the village of Cross Plains. Several companies assert that the process for soliciting bids for certain regional transmission projects is “unjust and unreasonable.”
