Kan. Gov. Announces Deal On Transmission Lines
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CARL MANNING
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Mark Parkinson announced a settlement Monday between two companies competing to build an ultra high-voltage power line from near Dodge City to Wichita and the Oklahoma border to carry wind power to eastern Kansas and out-of-state markets.
The project is expected to cost up to $800 million, be completed around 2013 and involve some 200 miles of 765 kilovolt transmission lines, the first west of the Mississippi River. Currently, the highest voltage line in Kansas is 345 kilovolts.
The competing proposals were from Prairie Wind Transmission LLC and ITC Great Plains. Prairie Wind involves Topeka-based Westar Energy Inc., the state's largest electric utility, and ITC is a Topeka-based subsidiary of a Michigan transmission company. ...
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