American Transmission Company filed an application with the state today to build a 345-kilovolt electric transmission line across Dane County, hoping to win approval from the Public Service Commission for the controversial power line by early 2009.
The Rockdale-West Middleton line, to be built either along the Beltline freeway or through the southern part of the county, is considered by ATC to be a critical infrastructure improvement in the county, a line that will reinforce the network, reduce the threat of future system outages and eliminate the need for multiple new, lower voltage transmission lines in the future.