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Article: Illinois Grants Approval for Transmission Corridor Linking Prairie State Generating Station to the Region's Electric Grid.
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- July 10, 2007
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ST. LOUIS, July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved development of nearly 38 miles of transmission lines that will connect the planned Prairie State Generating Station in Southern Illinois to the transmission grid in the region.
The approval paves the way for one of the largest high-voltage transmission line projects in the state's recent history and marks another significant milestone in Prairie State's development. Prairie State is a 1,600 megawatt supercritical electricity generating station and coal mine that will be located near Lively Grove, Ill.
"We are pleased the state has approved development of ...