To clear the way for an 11.4-mile segment of new transmission lines, a power utility has started the process of condemning properties stretching from Chester to Oronoco. The project is part of ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- A popular organic dairy in Scott County is closing its doors after a major power line project skirted the property. The owners of Cedar Summit Dairy won a district court lawsuit ...

ST. PAUL — A small organic dairy in southern Minnesota has prevailed in forcing a buyout by a utility that's building high-voltage power lines along the property. The case involving the Cedar Summit ...

Completed lines on the Fargo-Monticello project. This week, electric utility executives, renewable energy supporters, state officials and legislators gathered near St. Cloud and Fargo to celebrate ...

Call it the $600 million question. If the Brookings Project, a transmission line stretching from South Dakota to Hastings, qualifies as a multi-value project, or MVP, the designation could be worth ...

HOLMEN, Wis. — Flipping on a light switch is something we do every day. But how often do we think about where that electricity comes from? That’s at the center of the debate in Holmen, where residents ...

Xcel Energy and 10 other utilities are building a 700-mile network of high-voltage transmission lines in Minnesota. All transmission lines carry 345 kilovolts of electricity (pictured above), except a ...

The fourth CapX2020 project was fully energized on Sept. 16, bringing another 156 miles of transmission line onto the grid. The 345/161-kV Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse project will improve electric ...

Construction work on the CapX2020 Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse transmission line project continues Friday in Trempealeau County. Xcel Energy said crews will be working from helicopters and using ...

HOUSTON, Minn. (AP) - State senator Sharon Erickson Ropes will host a public meeting tonight in response to concerns about a transmission line project coming to southeastern Minnesota. Ropes, a Winona ...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) - In many ways, Bradley and Linda Lindberg’s life has improved since a high-voltage transmission line project caused them to leave their beloved home and hobby farm near ...

Minnesota's largest power companies and several other Upper Midwest utilities will study how their transmission network must be bolstered to meet increasingly aggressive renewable-energy goals. The ...