| Northwest
Zone
Includes
Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods,
Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk,
Red Lake, Roseau, and Wilkin counties.
Detailed
Northwest Planning Zone Map (PDF)
Issues specific to this zone
Biennial Transmission Planning
Webcasts
Every two years, Minnesota utilities host webcasts to inform
the public about electric transmission needs in the state.
Below are links to the presentation delivered on electric
transmission planning in Minnesota and electric transmission
projects in the Northwest Zone. The presentation was delivered
via webcast in September 2009.
The
following list contains some of the issues of possible voltage
and overload problems in this zone along with proposed alternatives
that would correct these situations. Please watch this page
for updates on these issues.
Recent Northwest Improvements
- Oslo to Thief River Falls 115-kV transmission line
- Solway generator addition
- Capacitor bank additions (Wilton
24 MVAR, Bemidji 21.6 MVAR)
- Bemidji to Wilton 115-kV line reconductor
Otter
Tail County Area
- Improvements needed for local load serving
- Construction of a new 11- kV line to
the Pelican Turkey Plant (3 miles), addition of capacitor
banks. New 230/41.6-kV substation between Fergus Falls
and Henning in 2011
Donaldson and Karlstad Area
- Northwestern Minnesota and northeastern North Dakota
load serving study
- Study underway to determine optimal method
to serve regional load
Red River Valley/Western Minnesota
Transmission Improvement Planning Study (RRV/WMN TIPS)
- Address voltage stability concerns in the Red River
Valley
- Improve load serving capability in western Minnesota
- Reduce line loading in western Minnesota
- Study recommended Bemidji – Grand
Rapids 230-kV line and Maple River (Fargo) – Alexandria – Monticello
345-kV line
Baudette
Area
- Improvements needed to reliably serve local area load
- Proposed solution is the Lund Tap of
the Moranville-Running 230-kV transmission line
Contact
us:
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comments or questions may be submitted by using the “Contact
Us” link at the top of this web page.
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