Star Tribune: Minnesota Power, Great River Energy plan new transmission line with at least $970M price tag
4 Aug 2023
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Minnesota Power and Great River Energy filed a plan with Minnesota regulators Friday to build a new transmission line from the St. Cloud area to Grand Rapids that could cost as much as $1.3 billion.
The proposed 180-mile Northland Reliability Project is designed to maintain a reliable regional power grid for central and northern Minnesota as utilities switch to more renewable energy sources. As more wind and solar power is linked to the grid, transmission capacity is being strained and new projects are facing increasing costs and longer waits to connect to the Midwest grid.
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