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Tue, Aug 1

Minn. utilities work to ease path for transmission line | Energy News Network

After a huge transmission line controversy in the 1970s erupted into violence (and created a political career for then college professor Paul Wellstone) Minnesota utilities have paid attention to holding meetings and reaching out to farmers and residents potentially impacted by new powerline projects. An accompanying piece speaks to the reason for the line, one of the biggest in MISO's first tranche.