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Marketing wind energy complex process

As a Canadian company jumps the many regulatory hurdles to build the first direct transmission line between Alberta and Montana, the wind parks that would pay MATL to use the line have remained in the background.

The Acantha explored issues surrounding the right-of-way for the 230-kilovolt, 300-megawatt transmission line through eastern Teton County in past articles. Recently, landowners on both sides of the border sought a closer look at the purported benefits associated with the proposed line to be built between Lethbridge, Alta., and Great Falls.

Calgary-based Montana Alberta Tie Ltd’s $85-million transmission line ($100 million Canadian) would generate the addition of 400 wind turbines and $1 billion in investments in southern Alberta, according to the Alberta press.

In a recent interview with the Acantha, MATL Regulatory Vice President Bob Williams said the wind parks that would tap the MATL line would all be built on the American side of the border.

By Nancy Thornton- Acantha reporter

Full Story: http://www.choteauacantha.com/articles/2006/08/31/news/news2.txt

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