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CapX 2020 transmission lines -page 3 of 3 <br />After Minnesota commission approval of the plans, Great River Energy <br />and Xcel Energy will mail letters to potentially affected people in each of the <br />broadly defined transmission line corridors to let them know how they can <br />learn more and get involved in the state's decision-making process, McCarten <br />said. <br />"Public meetings will be held in the potentially affected communities to <br />describe the projects and answer questions," she said. "We will post <br />information about the projects and updates on the CapX 2020 Web site at <br />www.capx2020.com, and we will begin building mailing lists to keep people <br />informed as the long regulatory process unfolds." <br />Portions of the lines also will require approvals by federal officials and by <br />regulators in North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. <br />Along with Great River Energy, Elk River, Minn.; Otter Tail Power <br />Company, Fergus Falls, Minn.; and Xcel Energy, Minneapolis, utilities or <br />groups that expect to participate in one or more of the CapX 2020 projects <br />are: Dairyland Power Cooperative, La Crosse, Wis.; Midwest Municipal <br />Transmission Group, Des Moines, Iowa; Minnesota Power, Duluth, Minn.; <br />Minnkota Power Cooperative, Grand Forks, N.D.; Missouri River Energy <br />Services, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Rochester Public Utilities, Rochester, Minn.; <br />Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Rochester, Minn., and <br />Wisconsin Public Power Inc., Sun Prairie, Wis. <br />The Minnesota Legislature adopted a new law in 2005 that encourages <br />investment in strengthening power delivery systems by, among other things, <br />allowing investor-owned utilities to recover costs as lines are being built. <br />### <br />www.capx2020.com <br />