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<br />Great River Energy plans to hire two to three full-time <br />employees to perform maintenance tasks and monitor <br />operations at the site. This staff will be supplemented with <br />operators from other Great River Energy facilities during <br />periods of extended hot or cold weather. <br /> <br />TRANSMISSION FACILITIES <br /> <br />In conjunction with the construction of the Elk River <br />Peaking Plant, area transmission lines will be rebuilt <br />and/or upgraded. The project will include improvements to <br />approximately 6 miles of existing 69-kV transmission line <br />in the area. The voltage of these lines will remain the <br />same, and the improvements will require no new corridors. <br />Improvements may include changing the poles and <br />upgrading the wire size to improve the overall operation <br />and reliability of the Elk River area transmission system. <br /> <br />'~. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />The photo above shows a <br />typical existing <br />transmission line. The <br />photo to the right depicts <br />a typical upgraded <br />transmission line for the <br />project. <br /> <br />ABOUT THE LOCATION <br /> <br />The Elk River site was selected for several reasons. An <br />existing Great River Energy generating facility is <br />already located at the site, making for efficient <br />operations. The Elk River Peaking Plant will be <br />constructed on land Great River Energy currently owns; <br />no additional land purchase is needed. <br /> <br />The site is in close proximity to an existing natural gas <br />pipeline so that only a relatively short section of new <br />pipeline will be needed. By expanding the existing <br />substation on the site, regional and local area <br />transmission systems will benefit without construction of <br />new transmission lines. <br /> <br />PROPOSED PROJECT TIMELlNE <br />File permit May - June 2007 <br />applications <br />Obtain plant permits <br />Begin construction <br />Transmission <br />upgrades complete <br />Plant start-up <br /> <br />March - April 2008 <br />April 2008 <br />March 2009 <br /> <br />May 2009 <br /> <br />ABOUT GREAT RIVER ENERGY <br /> <br />B <br /> <br />Great River Energy is a not-for- <br />profit wholesale electric GREAT RIVER <br />cooperative, serving 28 distribution ENE R G V' <br />cooperatives in Minnesota and <br />covering 60 percent of the state, <br />geographically. It is the second largest power supplier <br />in Minnesota. <br /> <br />"._!,....OrE.....r,......".~ <br /> <br />Over the past 1 0 years, Great River Energy's peak <br />electrical demand has grown an average of 5 percent <br />per year. By comparison, national electric usage grew <br />at just over 2 percent per year, according to the <br />Energy Information Administration. <br /> <br />For more information about this project and Great <br />River Energy, visit www.GreatRiverEnergy.com or call <br />763-241-2200. <br /> <br /> <br />Elk River Peaking Station will be located on a site Great <br />River Energy already owns with close proximity to a <br />natural gas pipeline. <br />