Protect our Farms, Homes, Land from 765kV Transmission Lines

BECI is a proposed nearly 190-mile, 765-kV transmission line across Wisconsin, developed by Midcontinent Grid Solutions (MGS) as part of a MISO regional grid plan. MGS itself says no final route has been selected.

OUR POSITION: No new greenfield BECI corridor should advance until Midcontinent Grid Solutions demonstrates, with transparent, route-specific evidence, why existing utility corridors cannot reasonably be used, rebuilt, expanded, or paralleled, and provides a meaningful comparison of impacts to farms, homes, wetlands, waterways, woodlands, rural communities, and private property.

We support a reliable electric grid. We also believe major infrastructure should be sited transparently, lawfully, and with the least feasible harm to the communities that host it.

NEXT DEADLINE: MGS is requesting public feedback on study segments by September 7, 2026. Open houses are being held the week of August 24, 2026 in Richland, Crawford, Sauk, Columbia, Jefferson, Dane/Dodge, Walworth, and Rock counties. (Source: MGS project website. Verify current dates before relying on them for a specific meeting.)

HOW WE LABEL INFORMATION ON THIS SITE

FACT: supported by a primary or reliable source, cited.

MGS CLAIM: a statement Midcontinent Grid Solutions makes about its own project, attributed as such.

COMMUNITY CONCERN: a potential impact or unanswered question residents are asking regulators/developers to evaluate.

ANALYSIS: our reasoned interpretation of maps, filings, statutes, or research. Not presented as an established fact.

This site does not claim BECI causes cancer, that 765-kV lines are inherently unsafe, that a specific property-value loss percentage applies to every home, that MGS can simply reuse an existing lower-voltage right-of-way, or that a final route has already been chosen. We ask MGS and regulators to provide the evidence, route by route.