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PROJECTS COMPLETED AND IN-SERVICE  
 

The following is a brief description of projects that have been completed and placed in service. If you require further information about the projects, you may contact the ATC person listed next below, or drop us an e-mail at localrelations@atcllc.com.

Project name Description/documents Contact
Columbia-N. Madison Increased voltage on an existing transmission line running from the North Madison Substation west of DeForest to Alliant Energy's Columbia Substation located near the Columbia Power Plant.  View map John Garvin, ext. 3543
Columbia-Rio A new nine-mile, 69-kilovolt transmission line from near the Columbia Power Plant to a substation near Rio.   View map John Garvin, ext. 3543
Cypress Substation ATC provided transmission interconnection for a wind generation facility constructed by We Energies, located in northeast Fond du Lac County. The entire wind farm consists of 88 turbines.  View map David Hovde, ext. 6550
Duplainville (Waukesha-Sussex) A new nine-mile, 138-kilovolt transmission line built between Waukesha and Sussex. The line connects to a new We Energies substation in Pewaukee (called the Duplainville Substation).   View map Mary Carpenter, ext. 6922
East Beaver Dam 1.5 miles of new 138-kilovolt transmission line which serves a new Alliant Energy substation (Beaver Dam Substation). 
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John Garvin, ext. 3543
Femrite-Sprecher Four miles of new 138-kilovolt transmission line connecting the Sprecher Substation, located near the Sprecher Rd./CTH BB intersection, with the Femrite Substation, located on Femrite Road near the I-90/USH 12/18 interchange.   View map John Garvin, ext. 3543
Ford Drive Substation Installed two line switches/poles and a line tap to New Holstein’s new Ford Drive Substation. Mary Carpenter, ext. 6922
Gardner Park-Hilltop Rebuild of 11-mile, 115-kilovolt line to support addition of new generator at Weston Power Plant.   View map Lee Meyerhofer, ext. 6572
Paris-St. Martins Upgrade of 17-mile transmission line between the Paris Substation in Union Grove and the St. Martins Substation in Franklin.    View map Mary Carpenter, ext. 6922
Plains-Stiles Rebuild/upgrade of 69-kilovolt and 138-kilovolt lines in Oconto and Marinette Counties in Wisconsin, and Menominee and Dickinson Counties in Michigan.   View map David Hovde, ext. 6550
Portage-Montello Upgrade of 11 miles of 69-kilovolt lines between Portage and Montello.  View map Kurt Hendrickson, ext. 3625
Port Washington-Saukville Upgrade two 5-mile lines connecting Port Washington with Saukville Substation. Supports new nits at We Energies Port Washington Generating Station (Power Plant).  View map Mary Carpenter, ext. 6922
Rhinelander Loop Addresses low voltage/voltage collapse in the Rhinelander area.     View map Lee Meyerhofer, ext. 6572
Sauk County Increased capacity of 33 miles of existing transmission lines, upgraded six substations and built three new substations in cooperation with Reedsburg Utility and Wisconsin Power & Light.  
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Charles Gonzales, ext. 3644
Shawano East-West

Replaced horizontal post insulators (the ceramic piece that holds the wire to the structure and opposes the flow of electric current) on approximately 38 wood poles which were part of the 138-kilovolt line constructed in the 1980’s.

Lee Meyerhofer, ext. 6572
T-20 Phase 2 (Weston-Rocky Run) Replaced the remaining structures and insulators, added new conductors from Weston-Northpoint and installed optical ground wire (OPGW) from Weston-Rocky Run.   View map Lee Meyerhofer, ext. 6572
Venus-Metonga Built new 13-mile, 115-kilovolt transmission line between Monico and Crandon, Wis.  View map Lee Meyerhofer, ext. 6572
Wempleton-Paddock Added a second 345-kilovolt line to an existing line between southern Rock County and northern Illinois.    View map Mary Carpenter, ext. 6922
West Towne-Fitchburg-Tokay Constructed six miles of new 69-kilovolt underground transmission line to connect the West Towne Substation and Fitchburg Substation to the new, MGE-built Tokay Substation.    View map Charles Gonzales, ext. 3644
Whitewater-Mukwonago Upgraded 22 miles of transmission line between the Whitewater and Mukwonago substations.   View map Charles Gonzales, ext. 3644