Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI) has received approval from the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) to build the majority of its nearly 400-mile, approximately US$ 1.1 billion Illinois Rivers transmission project that will enable the delivery of renewable energy and improve the reliability and efficiency of the electric power grid.
The project consists of a new 345kv transmission line crossing the Mississippi River near Quincy, Ill., and continuing east across Illinois to the Indiana border. Right-of-way acquisitions for the approved portions of the project are expected to begin immediately with a full range of construction activities in 2014.
