Prairie Wind Line Progressing in Kansas

摘要

The first ultra-high capacity transmission line west of the Mississippi River is on schedule. The 230-mile, bi-directional, 765-kV line is to be built in Kansas by Prairie Wind Transmission, a joint venture between Westar, Kansas' largest utility, and Electric Trans-mission America, which itself is a joint venture between Warren Buifett's MidAmerican Energy Holdings and American Electric Power. The JV has reached an agreement with ITC Great Plains, Sunflower Electric Power and Mid-Kansas Electric regarding smaller legs of the line.