American Transmission Co. on Thursday applied for state approval for a high-voltage power line that would cross into Illinois from Kenosha County.
The Pleasant Prairie-Zion Energy Center project would cost about $31 million and be built by 2014, under the utility’s plan.
The project, announced earlier this year, was one of several high-voltage power lines that company included in a $3.8 billion to $4.4 billion 10-year planning document it released last week.
Depending on the route selected, the 345,000-volt line would extend 5.3 to 5.8 miles between the Pleasant Prairie Power Plant and the substation at the Zion Energy Center, a natural gas-fired power plant built by Calpine Corp. in Zion, Ill.
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