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UTILITY-PROPOSED HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSMISSION EXPANSION
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Since 2002, when the U.S.Government authorized the formation of regional utility organizations to indpendently plan transmission, the regional ISO's have formuated many different transmission additions to expand their markets. The proposals greatly increase the overall capacity of our existing robust grid in order to move much higher volumes of power primarily from lower cost coal-generation sources in the Midwest towards markets in the east where profits are higher.

OOver the past 4 years, astute local governments and ratepayers have begun questioning the cost effectiveness and limited benefits of these utility proposals. Ratepayers look at the very high costs they would be forced to assume over the next 40 years ($55- $978 billion) and observe that comparable investments in energy efficiency and local power would deliver benefits they and their communities much prefer. In states where investment in efficiency is emphasized. benefits include lower home/farm/businsess operation costs, many locally created jobs, greater energy self-sufficiency and net carbon emission reductions that are guaranteed and less costly to realize.

Below is a partial list of active ratepayer groups and local governments who are responding to high capcity transmission expansion proposals.

 
         
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Proposed Transmission Project
Groups & Local Governments
_Resolutions _Petitions
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1
 CapX2020 Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse 345 kV
CETF_NoCapX2020 _Sierra Clubra Club___
2
 Badger Coulee La Crosse-Madison 345 kV
SOUL of WI_ EPIC _ JCDL_SSILP_
3
 Cardinal Bluffs Dubuque-Montfort-Madison 345 kV
SOUL of WI_ EPIC _
4
 Madison-Central IL ATC/DUKE Proposal
BlockDukeATC__SOUL of WI_ EPIC _
5
 Beloit-N. IL Paddock-Pleasant Valley IL 345kV
SOUL of WI_ EPIC _
PSC Petition_ Resolution
SOUL__FB
7
 Bay Lake N. Appleton-Escanaba, Mich 345/138 kV
SOUL of WI_EPIC _
_Resolutions_Booklet_ Petition
SOUL__FB
8
 Wausau-Marquette Garnder Pk -National 345kV
SOUL of WI_EPIC_
_Resolutions_Booklet_ Petition
SOUL__FB
9
 Rock Island Clean Line NW Iowa-N. Cen. IL HVDC
RIA_BlockRICL-IL_BlockRICL-IA
 _Action Checklist _Resolutions-Inquire
FB_Blog Email _
10
 Ameren Great Rivers Projects 345 kV
Moultrie Cits__Citizens Against_ STPL_
__STPL Activities_MC Meetings
_FB_
11
 Great Northern Manitoba-Arrowhead 500/345kV
Pimicikamak_MCCEJ__
Tre_Resolutions_TTreaties__
_NotSoGreat
12
 Grain Belt Express Ford Cty KS-Sullivan, IN HVDC
__BlockGBE_
  
__FB_
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Other Organizations & Resources

Responsible Electricity Transmission for Albertans - SUBSCRIBE TO THIS GROUP
News - http://retasite.wordpress.com/latest-news/
Listed North American Opposition Groups - http://retasite.wordpress.com/links/

The Power Line Blog (Bill Howley) - SUBSCRIBE TO THIS BLOG
http://calhounpowerline.com/

StopPATHWV Blog (Keryn Newman, Patience Wait)
http://www.stoppathwv.com/stoppath-wv-blog.html

No CapX2020 (Carol Overland's Blog)
http://nocapx2020.info/

Town of Stark, Energy Planning & Information Committee [EPIC]
http://fieldpost.org/StarkEnergy/Resources.htm

Citizens Energy Task Force [CETF]
http://cetf.us/

Block Rock Island Clean Line - BLOCK RICL
http://www.blockricl.com/

Juneau County Decline the LineS!
Jane Powers <sdjwpowers@hotmail.com>

Better Energy Transition Through Efficiency & Renewables (Rob Danielson's Blog)
http://starkenergyplan.org/better/

Institute for Local Self-Reliance - John Farrell
http://www.ilsr.org/john-farrell/

E3 Coalition - Energy Efficiency & Economics
http://www.e3coalition.org/

Crawford County Stewardship Project
http://crawfordstewardshipproject.org/

Wisconsin Farmers Union
http://www.wisconsinfarmersunion.com/farmers_union_policy.phtml

Coulee Region Sierra Club
http://wisconsin.sierraclub.org/coulee/Energy.htm
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