The partnership agreement aims to help local utilities enhance reliability and meet renewable energy goals.
Separately, Minnesota Power plans to enhance its transmission infrastructure from Winnipeg to Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range.
Minnesota Power recently signed a 15-year agreement to purchase 250MW of hydroelectricity from Manitoba Hydro’s proposed 695MW Keeyask Hydroelectric Plant in Northern Manitoba.
In addition, the partners are studying transmission options to strengthen regional electric system reliability and move clean energy from the Arrowhead Substation in Duluth into Wisconsin and Michigan.
ATC Strategic Planning and Business Development vice president John Flynn said strategic connections between clean energy generation and load centers within a given region can deliver the greatest reliability, economic and public policy benefits for utilities and electric consumers.
ALLETE chairman, president and CEO Alan Hodnik said transmission development is the vital link in connecting these abundant Canadian renewable energy resources to the Midwestern US.
