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Transmission
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Section 6.6: Southwest Zone |
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6.6 Southwest
Zone
The following table provides a list of transmission
needs identified in the Southwest Zone and the map
following the table shows the location of each item in the table.
Each need is discussed in the sections following the
map. |
Map ID |
Tracking Number |
Description |
Projected In-Service
Year |
Need Driver |
Section No. |
A |
2003-SW-N2 |
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2009 |
St. James low voltage |
6.6.2 |
B |
2005-SW-N1 |
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2007 |
Reliability; Line overloads |
6.6.3 |
C |
2005-CX-1 |
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6.6.4 |
D |
2007-SW-N1 |
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2010 |
130 MW IPP wind interconnection |
6.6.5 |
E |
2007-SW-N2 |
|
2010 |
Load growth and new ethanol
plants |
6.6.6 |
F |
2007-SW-N3 |
|
2010 |
Request firm network transmission
service |
6.6.7 |
G |
2009-SW-N1 |
|
2012 |
Low voltage along 69 kV
system |
6.6.8 |
H |
2009-SW-N2 |
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Load Serving |
6.6.9 |
I |
2009-SW-N3 |
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System Upgrade Generation
Outlet |
6.6.10 |
J |
2009-SW-N4 |
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2011 |
Load Growth |
6.6.11 |
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St. James Area
Map ID: A
Tracking No. 2003-SW-N2
Projected in-service: 2009
Need: Low voltage in St. James area
Section No. 6.6.2
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Worthington Area
Map ID: B
Tracking No. 2005-SW-N1
Projected in-service: 2007
Need: Increase reliability; decrease line overloads
Section No. 6.6.3
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Storden Wind Generation Interconnection
Map ID: D
Tracking No. 2007-SW-N1
Projected in-service: 2010
Need: 130 MW wind interconnection
Section: 6.6.5
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Dotson Area Load Serving
Map ID: E
Tracking No. 2007 SW-N2
Projected in-service: 2010
Need: Load growth and ethanol plant connection
Section: 6.6.6
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New Ulm Transmission Service
Map ID: F
Tracking No. 2007-SW-N3
Projected in-service: 2010
Need: Firm network transmission connection
Section No. 6.6.7
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Fulda-Magnolia
Map ID: G
Tracking No. 2009-SW-N2
Projected in-service: TBD
Need: Load serving in Fulda and Magnolia areas
Section No. 6.6.9
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Fenton 69 kV interconnection
Map ID: H
Tracking No. 2009-SW-N1
Projected in-service: 2012
Need: Low voltage along 69-kV system
Section No. 6.6.8
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Lakefield-Adams 345-kV system upgrade
Map ID: I
Tracking No. 2009-SW-N3
Projected in-service: TBD
Need: System upgrade and wind generation interconnection
Section No. 6.6.10
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Redwood Falls load serving substation
Map ID: J
Tracking No. 2009-SW-N4
Projected in-service: 2011
Need: Load growth in Redwood Falls area
Section No. 6.6.11
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6.6.1 Completed Projects
Some inadequacies in the Southwest Zone that were identified in the 2007
Biennial Report were alleviated through the construction and completion
of specific projects over the last two years. Information about each of
the completed projects is summarized briefly in the table below, and those
matters will be removed from the list of inadequacies that are discussed
in the 2009 Report. More detailed information about these projects and
inadequacies can be found in the 2007 Report and in the PUC Docket for
the matter if the project fell within the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities
Commission, in which case the Docket Number is shown below. Also, additional
information is available by contacting the designated person for the utility
that was responsible for constructing the project.
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Tracking Number |
Utility |
Description |
PUC Docket |
Date Completed |
2003-SW-N4 |
Xcel Energy |
Wind Generation Outlet Four new transmission
lines in the Buffalo Ridge area |
CN-01-1958 Routes permitted by Environmental
Quality Board |
2008 Three 115kV lines complete, 345kV
line was energized in mid2008. |
2003-SW-N1 |
Xcel Energy |
Jackson Area New 161 kV substation in Jackson |
None |
September 2009 |
2003-SW-N3 |
Xcel Energy |
Marshall Area A new 115 kV line from Lake
Yankton to a new Marshall Southwest sub |
CN-06-154 |
July 2009 |
2005-SW-N2 |
Xcel Energy |
BRIGO Three new 115 kV lines for Buffalo
Ridge generation outlet |
CN-06-154 |
2009 |
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