Dive Summary:
- Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI), a subsidiary of St. Louis, Missouri-based Ameren Corporation, gained approval from the Illinois Commerce Commission Wednesday to build the majority of its 400-mile, $1.1 billion Illinois Rivers transmission project.
- The project is Ameren Corp.’s "largest single investment since the early 1980s," the company reports, and will consist of a 345-kilovolt transmission line that will cross the Mississippi River near Quincy, Ill., and run east across Illinois to the Indiana border.
- Ameren said that the project will support a mix of energy sources including wind energy while also ensuring an efficient and reliable electricity market. Construction will begin in 2014.
From the press release:
“ATXI plans to request a rehearing to determine the appropriate routing of the two segments and the location and need for the substations that were not approved.”