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Westar Energy Receives Permission to Build New Transmission Line; KCC Selects Route for 345 kV Line.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 16-MAY-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
TOPEKA, Kan., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westar Energy, Inc. received approval from the Kansas Corporation Commission today to build a new 345 kilovolt high-capacity transmission line from northwest of Wichita, near its Gordon Evans Energy Center, to the Hutchinson area and then to the Summit Substation near Salina. The Commission also selected the route the line should follow.

"We are pleased that the commission approved our request to build this line," Kelly Harrison, vice president, transmission operations and environmental services, said. "The line will benefit Westar Energy customers and the residents of Kansas and the region by providing increased access to power markets and lower cost electricity."

The line will allow Westar Energy to use its power plants more efficiently, saving its customers in fuel...

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