MN PUC TO HOLD HEARINGS ON SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA POWER LINE PROJECT

The state Public Utilities Commission is holding hearings this week about a proposed 170-mile high-voltage power line across southwest Minnesota.

Xcel Energy wants to build the power line to connect a substation in Lyon County to the utility’s Sherco substation in Becker.

Xcel says the line will help the utility connect up to four-thousand megawatts of electricity to the Minnesota power grid.

Today (Wednesday) public hearings are being held in Olivia and Granite Falls and Thursday in Marshall and Redwood Falls.