The City of Winfield stands to benefit financially from a new partnership with independent electric transmission provider GridLiance, with money from the sale of transmission lines expected to directly fund upgrades for the city-owned electric transmission system, said Winfield City Manager Taggart Wall.
The city will receive $1.1 million up front from GridLiance for the purchase, plus another $900,000 spread out over 15 years, said Wall.
The first projects will be improvements to the Rainbow Substation west of Winfield and rebuilding an electric transmission line southeast of town, he said.
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