Regulators endorse power line improvements

Published: October 6, 2010
Tags: electric grid, electricity, LaCrosse, Otter Tail Power, PSC, Public Service Commission, transmission line, Xcel Energy

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota utility regulators have approved three power line projects that are meant to strengthen the regional electric grid. Otter Tail Power Co. and Xcel Energy Inc. are cooperating on two projects. They involve building a 250-mile transmission line from Fargo to suburban Minneapolis, and another 68-mile line between Bemidji and [...]