Power lines largely miss Whiteside, skip Lee

Farmers objected to impact of proposed electricity project

BY DAVID GIULIANI dgiuliani@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 525

Created: Thursday, October 11, 2012 1:15 a.m. CDT

TAMPICO – A company said Wednesday that its proposed routes for electricity transmission lines would cut through the far southwestern corner of Whiteside County and miss Lee County entirely.

Farmers object to the project, arguing it would interfere with their center pivot irrigation systems.

Rock Island Clean Line, a subsidiary of Houston-based Clean Line Energy Partners, on Wednesday submitted preferred and alternate routes for the east-west transmission lines to the Illinois Commerce Commission, which regulates utilities.

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