ITC Transmission Lines

These transmission lines aren’t for us residents and local businesses. They’re for AI data centers and utility energy fields. ITC Michigan wants to roll out the red carpet for data center developers–overtop residential homes, farmland, and old growth forests.

Utility-scale wind and solar fields require high transmission lines to transport their energy to other locations–at an efficiency rate of less than 20%. Because Michigan isn’t always sunny, ITC wants transmission lines to port in energy from out of state. Meanwhile, Michigan residents are not allowed to generate their own energy, behind the meter, and to sell it back to the grid. 

Michigan’s Climate & Energy laws don’t help residents of the planet; they only help energy developers and utility corporations. 

Michigan’s rural residents, farmers, and wild habitats are being asked to sacrifice themselves for this project. Homes will be destroyed; old growth forests will be clear cut; and ancestral farmland will be segmented and dominated by utility easements.

345kV transmission wires emit a loud, low decibel buzzing. That, combined with the inaudible frequencies which human ears can’t hear, posit a serious risk to the health of nearby humans and wildlife. No one wants to live, farm, or hunt beneath the constant buzzing of a 150 foot transmission wire.

Hunting, fishing, and agro-tourism are a big part of both daily life and the economy in rural mid-Michigan. But who will want to hunt, fish, camp, or AirBnB beneath a looming, buzzing 125 foot transmission line? This project would not only destroy the character of these communities; it would destroy their economic freedom.