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Projected timeline <br />• Summer 2007: Certificate of Need filing for the three 345-kV lines with the Minnesota <br />Public Utilities Commission <br />• Fall 2007: Informational open houses held within the study corridors to provide <br />information and answer questions to potentially affected residents and landowners. <br />• Winter 2007: Need application filed with North Dakota Public Service Commission <br />• Spring 2008: <br />- Route applications filed with the Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota <br />commissions <br />- Route and need application filed with Public Service Commission of Wisconsin <br />- Public meetings sponsored by state agencies <br />- State and federal Environmental Impact Statement processes begin <br />- Hearings on need held in Minnesota <br />• Fa112008: <br />o Minnesota and North Dakota commissions make need decisions <br />o Routing hearings held in states <br />• Winter and spring 2009: Routing decisions by commissions in states <br />• Summer 2009: Federal Environmental Impact Statement processes completed, federal <br />permits issued <br />• Winter 2009: Construction permits obtained <br />• 2009-2012: Easement negotiations with affected landowners <br />• 2010-2015: Transmission line construction <br />