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Learn About Transmission Line Project In Region

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A company that wants to build power lines to carry wind energy from Kansas to Illinois will be seeking regulators' permission this Spring.    Mark Lawler... the Director of Development for the Grain Belt Express Clean Line project says it is one of two the company is working on in Illinois.   He tells WUIS' Bill Wheelhouse the plan is to carry the wind energy  via direct current rather than traditional way of transmitting electricity:

Bill is a former general manager, economy reporter, Harvest correspondent and Statehouse Bureau Chief for NPR Illinois. He has won several awards including the Associated Press Best Investigative Reporter.
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