ATC Hosts Open House on Transmission Line in Waukesha County; Construction to begin on project to improve electric reliability.WAUKESHA, Wis. -- ATC ATC Air Traffic Control ATC Average Total Cost ATC Certified Athletic Trainer ATC At the Center (Hartford, Maine retreat center) ATC Applied Technology Council ATC All Things Considered will host an open house to share information about its construction plans to improve the local electric system infrastructure serving Waukesha County. ATC will construct approximately nine miles Nine Miles is a reggae "band" started by Yoshiaki Manabe (真鍋吉明) of The Pillows. The name Nine Miles comes from the name of the town in which Bob Marley grew up in Jamaica.
"The local electric system is currently operating at maximum capacity," said Mary Carpenter Mary Carpenter (born April 3, 1807 in Exeter; died June 14, 1877 in Bristol) was an English educational and social reformer. Her father, Dr Lant Carpenter, was Unitarian minister at Exeter. , ATC local relations representative. "The population growth in the area combined with the significant growth of commercial and industrial business has greatly increased the demand for electricity." Electricity demand in Waukesha County is projected to grow at an annual rate of approximately 11 percent, compared with a rate of 2-3 percent in other parts of Wisconsin. The smaller electric transmission lines that serve several local communities in Waukesha County are currently used to near-maximum capacity during the peak summer season, and cannot accommodate additional growth in electric demand. ATC makes every effort to provide information and answer questions in advance of construction activities. ATC will host a pre-construction open house in which members of the public are encouraged to attend. Representatives of ATC and We Energies will be available to discuss the construction plans for the transmission line and substation.
Thursday, Nov. 18, 4-7 p.m.
Milwaukee Marriott West
I-94 and Hwy. 164, Pewaukee
The estimated cost of the transmission line project is $5 million. The line is expected to be in-service in spring of 2007. ATC plans, constructs, operates, maintains and will expand its transmission facilities to provide for adequate and reliable transmission of power. It provides non-discriminatory service to all customers, supporting effective competition in energy markets without favoring any market participant The term market participant is used in United States constitutional law to describe a U.S. State which is acting as a producer or supplier of a marketable good or service. When a state is acting in such a role, it may permissibly discriminate against non-residents. . A member of the Midwest ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. regional transmission organization  This August 2006 is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. , ATC owns approximately 9,000 miles of transmission lines with a total investment of approximately $1 billion in transmission facilities in portions of Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois. |
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