Transmission - Related Other Resources

See also: CapX 2020 Background - Archive of Info Requests - Regulatory Filings

Minnesota and Regional Organizations

• Midwest Treaty Network
• Minnesota Electric Transmission Owners
• North American Water Office
• Power Line Task Force - group of Twin Cities folks that fought a powerline for 4 years.
• Protect the Earth
• RENEW Wisconsin
• SOUL - Save Our Unique Lands
• 3M - developing higher efficiency transmission line materials
• Wisconsin Citizens Utility Board
• Wisconsin Stewardship Network

Other Organizations Concerned About Transmission Lines

• Castle Coalition: Citizens Fighting Eminent Domain Abuse
• American Superconductor - developing high-temperature superconducting wire
• Homeowners Opposing Power-line Encroachment (HOPE) of Georgia
• Human Radiation Effects Group - UK
• National Council on Electricity Policy
• National Wind Coordinating Collaborative has a section related to transmission and wind energy
• Powerwatch - the independent voice on EMF issues in the UK
• StrayVoltage.org
• REVOLT: Rural England Versus Overhead Line Transmission - England groups fighting power lines
• World Health Organization's section on Electromagnetic fields

Minnesota Transmission Studies and Reports

• The 2007 Minnesota Biennial Transmission Projects Report - from all the utilities, November 1, 2007
• Minnesota Renewable Energy Standards Report - from all the utilities, November 1, 2007

Other Transmission Studies and Reports

• Ecological Effects of Fragmentation Related to Transmission Line Rights-of-Way: A Review of the State of the Science - Energy Center of Wisconsin, August 2004
• Electricity Transmission: A Primer - National Council on Electricity Policy, August 2004
• Special Study for Screening Twenty-one Portfolios Based on Projects Submitted to Xcel Energy’s All Source Request for Proposal - prepared for the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, February 2003
  The purpose of this report was to develop a list of transmission upgrades required under the various portfolios, and to estimate the budgetary cost of the upgrades.
• Strengthening the Grid: Effect of High-Temperature Superconducting Power Technologies on Reliability, Power Transfer Capacity, and Energy Use - by Richard Silberglitt, Emile Ettedgui, Anders Hove, 2002
• Presentations from the Upper Midwest Transmission Workshop III - by the National Wind Coordinating Committee, December 5, 2002
• Presentations from the Upper Midwest Transmission Workshop II - by the National Wind Coordinating Committee, March 12-13, 2002
• Presentations from the Upper Midwest Transmission Workshop - by the National Wind Coordinating Committee, May 1-2, 2001
• Meeting Electric Infrastructure Constraints with Distributed Generation - American Gas Association, August 2001