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1 <br /> l <br /> Touchstone Energy® <br /> GREAT RIVER T� The power of�co, wcvau <br /> ENERGY' <br /> GREAT RIVER ENERGY CONTACT REPRESENTATIVE <br /> 1 17845 East Hwy 10 P.O. Box 800 <br /> Elk River,MN 55330-0800 Rick Heuring,Field Representative <br /> 763-241-2337(office) <br /> 763-441-3121 763-241-6011 (fax) <br /> www.greatriverenergy.com rheuring @grenergy.com <br /> I Project Need <br /> tm2.40Alw t..rx...w M.. <br /> x.� *� Y � r Due to several years of steady and continuous residential and <br /> 1 ' l commercial development,the reliability of electrical service in the <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities and Connexus Energy service areas <br /> Y <br /> ' has become threatened by voltage drop during periods of high <br /> 1 `; ' '— electrical demand. Great River Energy (GRE) is the wholesale <br /> S' '"`":'I '` supplier of electricity to both Elk River Municipal Utilities and J Connexus Energy. One of GRE's primary electric transmission <br /> 1 "' ' f ! ki `j lines in this area is a 50-year old 69,000 volt (69 kV) line that <br /> T 1 extends a distance of 4.25 miles from GRE's bulk substation <br /> \N located near the intersection of U.S. Highways 10 and 169 to an <br /> 1 t area in northern Elk River (see location map on the back of this <br /> iry sheet). The existing transmission line consists of a single-circuit <br /> • <br /> t f A 4} (three-conductor) line that supplies electric power to several <br /> 1 r ' - distribution substations located northerly of Elk River. <br /> l Remedy <br /> To enhance its electric transmission capability and provide better <br /> reliability, GRE proposes to replace the single-circuit 69 kV line <br /> with a double-circuit (six-conductor) 69 kV transmission line to <br /> 1 be supported by single pole structures. The proposed double- <br /> circuit transmission line will provide GRE with improved <br /> Existing Proposed sectionalizing capability and provide the necessary voltage <br /> 1 Typical Single Circuit Typical Double Circuit support to the Elk River Municipal Utilities and Connexus Energy <br /> Structure 50'to 65' Structure 60'to 70' service areas located in northern Elk River and western Anoka <br /> County. <br /> jLocation <br /> The proposed double-circuit transmission line will be constructed along the same route as the existing single-circuit line. <br /> The existing transmission line will be taken out of service and removed prior to the construction of the new transmission <br /> jline. For the most part, the transmission line route is located on a north-south alignment approximately one-half mile east <br /> of U.S. Highway 169. At the time the transmission line was originally constructed,the 4.25 mile route was predominantly <br /> rural and undeveloped. Today, the dominant land use adjacent to the transmission line right of way consists of residential <br /> jneighborhoods and commercial areas that have developed since 1980. <br /> Schedule <br /> ;moval of the existing transmission line and construction of the new double-circuit transmission line is scheduled to <br /> - occur sometime during the second half of 2004. Clean up and restoration of property along the transmission line right of <br /> way may carry over into the spring of 2005. <br /> 1 <br />