Xcel suggests Wisconsin to U.P. power line

U.P. electric consumers might have a new alternative for their utility soon, as Xcel Energy is proposing a new power line through Wisconsin to the U.P.

Excerpt: Xcel Energy has offered an alternative to a $1 billion proposal to build new transmission lines to serve northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

That option -- one of several being considered -- would build a 345,000-volt line from Eau Claire to the Upper Peninsula, Xcel Energy spokesman Brian Elwood said.

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Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press