Thirteen years after it was recommended by MISO, the 102-mile, $655 million, often-controversial Cardinal-Hickory Creek line is completely in service.

Two of the developers behind the embattled Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission line have appealed to lift an injunction on the last mile of the project that will intersect a wildlife refuge in Wisconsin and Iowa.

In what’s beginning to feel like déjà vu, Cardinal Hickory Creek’s last unconstructed mile is again subject to a preliminary injunction.

Three conservation groups filed a lawsuit against federal agencies for consenting to permits and a land exchange to allow the Cardinal-Hickory Creek 345-kV line to carve a path through a wildlife refuge in Wisconsin.

An Iowa court has formally struck down the state’s right of first refusal law, driving uncertainty for $2.6 billion worth of MISO's long-range transmission projects.

FERC has decided for a second time to leave ITC Midwest’s 16-year-old capital structure untouched over protests it results in unaffordable customer rates.

ITC Midwest can keep the capital structure it has had in place since 2007, FERC decided, blocking a complaint led by Alliant Energy.

Wisconsin's high court ruled that a regulator’s messages to developers didn't pose a serious risk of bias in the Cardinal-Hickory Creek permitting process.

A coalition of utilities, industrial customers and consumer advocates spearheaded by Alliant Energy is contesting ITC Midwest’s capital structure.

Conservation groups have asked Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources to revoke permits for the embattled Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission line.