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July 1, 2010
AEP, MidAmerican Transmission Joint Venture Releases Phase One of SMARTransmission Study COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 1, 2010

August 18, 2009
AEP, MidAmerican Transmission Joint Venture Sponsors Study of Transmission Options to Transport Renewable Energy Across Upper Midwest COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 18, 2009 – Electric Transmission

July 24, 2009
Kansas Corporation Commission approves Phase II agreement between Prairie Wind Transmission and ITC Great Plains (PDF)

July 15, 2008
ETA Transmission venture forms joint venture with OGE to build extra-high voltage transmission in Oklahoma
The joint venture, Tallgrass Transmission LLC, will build approximately 170 miles of extra-high voltage 765-kilovolt transmission from the Kansas-Oklahoma border north of Woodward, Okla., that will link into OGE’s station at Woodward and then extend west into the Oklahoma panhandle to a new station that will be built near Guymon, Okla.

May 19, 2008
ETA Transmission venture joins with Westar Energy to build 765-kV transmission in Kansas
The ETA and Westar joint venture, named Prairie Wind Transmission LLC, is proposing to build approximately 230 miles of extra-high voltage 765-kilovolt (kV) transmission facilities extending from Wichita, Kan., west to a substation northeast of Dodge City, Kan., and then south to the Kansas border from Medicine Lodge, Kan. The project will provide enhanced electricity transport in Kansas and support expansion of renewable electricity generation in the region.

Sept. 18, 2007
AEP, MidAmerican announce second joint venture to build transmission
Companies plan to invest in transmission projects outside of ERCOT, part of AEP strategy to expand its transmission business