Number
101578
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY, HAMILTON, DAVIS, DONOVAN, WITKOWSKI AND BOHL
Title
Substitute resolution relating to the City of Milwaukee’s position on the Western Milwaukee County Electric Reliability Project.
Analysis
The proposed Western Milwaukee County Electric Reliability Project calls for the construction, by American Transmission Company, of 2 2-mile, 138,000-volt transmission lines to serve a new electric substation on the Milwaukee County Grounds. Several underground and overhead transmission-line route options in both the City of Milwaukee and the City of Wauwatosa have been proposed. This resolution states that, with regard to the siting of new transmission lines in the City of Milwaukee portion of the project area, the City of Milwaukee supports a route consisting of an underground transmission line along 95th Street between the existing 96th Street Substation and Wisconsin Avenue and an overhead transmission line from Wisconsin Avenue to the new Milwaukee County Substation.
Body
Whereas, The proposed Western Milwaukee County Electric Reliability Project consists of 2 components:
1. Construction of a new We Energies substation adjacent to the existing Milwaukee County Substation and Milwaukee County Power Plant at 93rd Street and Watertown Plank Road in the City of Wauwatosa.
2. Construction, by American Transmission Company (“ATC”), of 2 2-mile, 138,000-volt transmission lines to serve the new substation. Several underground and overhead transmission-line route options in both the City of Milwaukee and the City of Wauwatosa have been proposed.
; and
Whereas, ATC plans to submit a project approval application, including 2 or more route options, to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission in early 2012 and hopes to perform final design and easement acquisition in 2013, commence construction in 2014 and place the new facilities in service in 2015; and
Whereas, ATC is soliciting public comment on th...
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