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For more information, contact: <br />Building Electric Transmission We All Will Rely On <br />June 9, 2006 <br />Therese LaCanne, Great River Energy <br />Office (763) 241-2280 Cell (612) 804-4532 <br />Mary Sandok, Xcel Energy <br />Office (612) 215-5329 Media Line (612) 215-5300 <br />CapX 2020 utilities announce plans for new transmission <br />lines <br />to ensure reliable, low-cost electricity in the future <br />ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A group of regional utilities today launched an <br />effort to ensure their customers in Minnesota and neighboring states will <br />have access to reliable, low-cost electricity in the future. <br />The CapX 2020 utilities - an alliance of electric cooperatives, <br />municipals and investor-owned utilities -took the first step in the regulatory <br />process for three new 345-kilovolt transmission lines. A preliminary filing <br />for one of the three lines, which lays out plans for notifying local <br />governments, landowners and residents, was made today with the Minnesota <br />Public Utilities Commission. <br />"CapX 2020 is a collaborative effort that aims to support customers' <br />growing demand for electricity by upgrading and expanding the backbone <br />transmission system in Minnesota and neighboring states," said Terry Grove <br />of Great River Energy, a co-leader of the CapX 2020 effort. CapX 2020 is <br />short for Capacity Expansion needed by 2020. <br />The approximate lengths and general locations of the proposed lines are as <br />follows: <br />• A 200-mile, 345-kilovolt line between Brookings, S.D., and the <br />southeast Twin Cities, plus a related 30-mile, 345-kilovolt line between <br />Marshall, Minn., and Granite Falls, Minn.; <br />• A 200-mile, 345-kilovolt line between Fargo, N.D., and the St. <br />Cloud/Monticello, Minn., area; <br />www.capx2020.com <br />