Electric utilities call for big investments in Upper Midwest power grid

The region’s electricity infrastructure is due for a major upgrade, power companies reported this week, with projects that combined could cost in the billions of dollars.

That’s one takeaway from a Star Tribune report on a new report titled “CapX2050 Transmission Vision” released by major electric utilities such as Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE: XEL), Great River Energy and others. The CapX2050 plan doesn’t put a price tag on its recommendations, but these sorts of projects can easily cost billions, the…

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