Article: American Transmission Company Purchases From American Superconductor Six D-SMES Transmission Reliability Systems Previously Owned by Wisconsin Public Service Corporation; American Superconductor's D-SMES Reactive Power Grid Stabilization Systems Achieve 3.5 Years of Successful Transmission Grid Protection in Wisconsin; American Superconductor to Recognize $3.2 million in Revenue in Quarter Ended December 2003.

American Superconductor , a leading electricity solutions company and General Electric , announced today that American Transmission Company (ATC) has purchased six Distributed Superconductor Magnetic Energy Storage (D-SMES) systems that provide voltage stabilization to the Rhinelander Loop transmission grid. The Rhinelander Loop was previously owned by Wisconsin Public Service, a subsidiary of WPS Resources Corporation (1). In 2001, Wisconsin Public Service transferred its transmission grid ownership and operations to ATC, but retained certain assets, including the six D-SMES systems that have now been acquired by ATC.

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