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Monday, May 25, 2026 at 11:54 PM

Lyon County commissioners updated on PowerOn Midwest project

A new name has emerged in Minnesota’s effort to meet the State’s “carbon-free” by 2024 mandate.

Randy Fordcye, XCel Energy transmission communications and public affairs manager, updated Lyon County Commissioners Tuesday on the PowerOn Midwest project.

PowerOn Midwest is a group of four utilities — Great River Energy, ITC Midwest, Otter Tail Power Company and Xcel — and is in the early stages of a transmission line project designed to provide continued electric reliable energy to the Upper Midwest. Its Midwest study area includes Murray, Pipestone, Rock, Nobles, Jackson and parts of Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood and Cottonwood counties.

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