How will Prairie Wind Transmission help environmental considerations?
Prairie Wind Transmission’s projects will provide additional transmission capacity needed to enable development of renewable and other new technology generation. These 765-kV lines provide more capacity than lower voltages for similar right of way requirements, reducing the need for additional lines. These projects also will reduce system losses by unloading the less-efficient underlying lower voltage systems. Loss savings translate into reduced emissions and lessen the need for additional generation. Some of these benefits also may be provided by 345-kV lines, but to a lesser extent.
