MidAmerican Energy Company Energizes 124-Mile, High-Voltage Electric Transmission Line; Project Enhances Customers' Electric Reliability During Warm Summer Weather.DES MOINES, Iowa “Des Moines” redirects here. For other uses, see Des Moines (disambiguation). Des Moines (pronounced /dɪˈmɔɪn/ in English, -- MidAmerican Energy MidAmerican Energy may refer to one of the following:
The 345,000-volt transmission line, which connects the Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, city (1990 pop. 54,315), seat of Pottawattamie co., SW Iowa, on and below bluffs overlooking the Missouri River, opposite Omaha, Nebr.; inc. 1853. Energy Center and a new electric substation in Grimes northwest of Des Moines, was energized June 28 and placed in service well before its scheduled September completion. The primary purpose of the 124-mile transmission line is to deliver the electric output of the new Council Bluffs Energy Center Unit 4 when it is on-line the summer of 2007. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , the line will support existing electric transmission infrastructure in reliably delivering power the company's customers need to keep their homes and businesses running efficiently and comfortably during high-demand summer days. "Our customers expect reliable electric service and this new electric line helps us fulfill our obligation of meeting customers' energy needs," said Todd Raba, president of MidAmerican Energy. "At the same time, the company's investment in new infrastructure will not impact our customer's electric rates, which are lower today than they were 11 years ago. We have committed to not raising customers' electric rates through at least 2010." Construction of the 345,000-volt electric transmission line began in early 2005 following Iowa Utilities Board approval of the project in December of 2004. Acquiring land rights to build the project required easements EASEMENTS, estates. An easement is defined to be a liberty privilege or advantage, which one man may have in the lands of another, without profit; it may arise by deed or prescription. Vide 1 Serg. & Rawle 298; 5 Barn. & Cr. 221; 3 Barn. & Cr. 339; 3 Bing. R. 118; 3 McCord, R. with 438 property owners in Pottawattamie, Cass, Adair, Madison and Dallas counties, and voluntary easement easement, in law, the right to use the land of another for a specified purpose, as distinguished from the right to possess that land. If the easement benefits the holder personally and is not associated with any land he owns, it is an easement in gross (e.g. agreements were reached with 437 of the 438 property owners. "In addition to this project helping provide customers with reliable electric service, it also was a priority to be a good neighbor," Raba said. "The exceptionally high rate of completing voluntary easements showed the commitment MidAmerican Energy has to working with landowners in a fair and equitable manner." MidAmerican Energy Company MidAmerican Energy Company is an energy company in the U.S. state of Iowa. MidAmerican Energy Company is a subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company. See also
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