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PSC approves Western Wisconsin Transmission Connection CPCN, selects shorter route and adds protections
Summary
The commission certified the Western Wisconsin Transmission Connection (LRTP 5), approving Route 2 and the Trimble North site and adopting standard and project-specific order conditions including stray-voltage testing, construction-spread permit language, minor routing adjustment procedures, and independent monitoring provisions.
The Public Service Commission voted Oct. 30 to grant a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) for the Western Wisconsin Transmission Connection project (LRTP 5), finding the project—studied as part of MISO’s Tranche 1 portfolio—provides regional reliability and economic benefits that are reasonable in relation to cost and adopting route- and project-specific conditions to mitigate environmental and community impacts.
Commissioner Hawkins (Commissioner, Public Service Commission), who led the discussion, described the project’s background under MISO’s long-range transmission planning (LRTP) and the Multivalue Project (MVP) classification. The commission reviewed the record on need, alternatives, engineering, reliability, safety, and environmental impacts and noted MISO’s modeling that the tranche of projects produces system benefits widely across…
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