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High court sides with utility in easement dispute over maintenance of high-voltage lines
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that utility companies need not get property owners living next to a transmission line to grant them new rights every time they want to […]
Business Digest for Feb. 17, 2017
The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce has announced that Vice President Kevin Little has been named as one of the Development Counsellors International's 40 Under 40 for 2017.
Court finds for couple in property dispute over transmission lines
A state appeals court has ruled that a transmission company does not have the right to trim and remove trees standing near one of its high-voltage lines in Waupaca, largely because the trees stand outside of the bounds of a legal easement established decades ago.
PSC gives Badger-Coulee final approval
State utility regulators gave formal approval Thursday to plans that will have the Badger-Coulee transmission line built along the more northern of two proposed routes going between the La Crosse area and Dane County.
PSC favors northern route for Badger-Coulee power line
State utility regulators came out in favor Thursday of the more northern of two routes proposed for the Badger-Coulee transmission line to be built between the La Crosse area and Dane County.
Business Digest for Jan. 9, 2015
American Transmission Co., Waukesha, gave $55,000 to 33 communities in its service area to plant trees and other vegetation. The Community Planting Program promotes plantings outside of transmission line rights of way.
PSC sets deadline for utility merger decision
State regulators decided Friday to give themselves an additional six weeks to a review a proposed $9.1 billion merger between the parent companies of We Energies and the Wisconsin Public Service Corp.
Power line could cost up to $580 million
An environmental assessment estimates the cost of a proposed high-voltage power line linking Madison and La Crosse at around $580 million.
We Energies, WPS potential merger partners
A proposed merger of two of the largest Wisconsin utility companies has raised questions about whether the deal would put construction of a new power plant near Appleton in peril.
PSC to hold hearings on Badger Coulee line
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission will hold a series of meetings in May and June to solicit advice on the extent of an environmental report that will precede the construction of the Badger Coulee Transmission Project between Onalaska and Middleton.
ATC seeks approval for transmission lines
A transmission company that serves eastern Wisconsin is seeking regulatory approval to build power lines and substations in five northeastern counties.
PSC moves ahead on high-voltage power line
About five months after requesting more information about a proposed high-voltage line between the La Crosse and Madison areas, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission has found the application submitted for the project to be complete.
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