The line brings power to the new Rock Energy Cooperative (REC) substation built near the Milton Crossroads Business Park.
The line connects REC’s new Red Hawk Substation located near Milton Harmony Townline Road and County Highway M to the transmission grid that serves the area.
REC director of utility operations Denny Schultz said that the new transmission line and substation would serve a growing need for reliable electric service in the region and will support continued growth of the Milton industrial park.
ATC and REC introduced the project and preliminary route corridors to the public in August 2009, identified the final route in January 2010, and began construction in August 2010.
ATC owns, operates, builds and maintains a high-voltage electric transmission system serving portions of Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and Illinois.
