By Kate Hessling
Tribune Staff Writer
Published: Friday, March 25, 2011
LANSING — Appeals of the Michigan Public Service
Commission’s approval of ITCTransmission’s Thumb Loop route recently
were filed with the Michigan Court of Appeals.
“I’m not sure what affect that has, but unless there’s activity
that tells us to stop, we’re going to continue moving forward and
having conversations with our land agents, and the land agents then will
contact landowners,” said Francie Brown, state government affairs
director for ITCTransmission, during last Friday’s MiGreen Summit in
Lansing. Brown said the land agents will work with individual landowners
about why and how electrical poles will be located on their property.
On Feb. 25, the Michigan Public Service Commission approved ITC’s
Thumb Loop project, which consists of approximately 140 miles of
double-circuit 345,000 volt (345 kV) lines and four new substations. The
Thumb Loop route runs in Tuscola, Huron, Sanilac and St. Clair counties.
The Thumb Loop project will serve as the “backbone” of a system
designed to meet the identified minimum and maximum wind energy
potential of the Thumb region. More...
Web Link: http://www.michigansthumb.com/articles/2011/03/25/news/local_news/doc4d8c65492a021696035904.txt
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