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A No 765 Line yard sign — reading OUR LOSS, THEIR GAIN, NO NEED with a transmission-tower graphic — planted in a green Driftless pasture, with existing power lines and a wooded bluff behind it. — Campaign yard sign · Driftless region

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Contact your lawmaker

Two minutes, and it counts: a note from a constituent in their own district carries far more weight than a form letter. We’ve done the whole thing for you.

1 · Find your two legislators

Enter your address at the state’s official lookup to get your State Senator and Assembly Representative, then copy one of their email addresses.

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2 · Send them this email

It’s drafted below. Change anything you like, then open it in your email app and paste your legislator’s address into the “To:” line — or copy the text and send it your own way.

Subject: Please scrutinize the need and cost case for the proposed 765 kV line

Dear [Representative/Senator],

My name is [Name] and I live in [Town], Wisconsin. I’m writing as your constituent about the proposed MariBell/BECI 765 kV transmission line through the Driftless region.

I understand this line is part of MISO’s regional transmission plan. My concern is who pays and who profits: several of the developers are private, for-profit companies that would earn a regulated return on a multi-billion-dollar build, while Wisconsin ratepayers are asked to cover the cost. I think that deserves hard scrutiny.

Two facts shape my view. First, Wisconsin’s retail electricity sales were essentially flat to declining from 2005 through 2024, so I’d like to understand exactly what new demand justifies a line of this scale. Second, MISO’s own Independent Market Monitor (Dr. David Patton, Potomac Economics) has argued in federal filings that the properly calculated benefit-cost ratio of this portfolio is below 0.4 — less than 40 cents of benefit per dollar spent — far below the figures MISO advertises.

I’m not asking you to prejudge any specific proceeding. I’m asking you to press for a careful, independent review of the need and benefit case before Wisconsin commits, and to support a modern, responsible approach to transmission — such as prioritizing existing rights-of-way and advanced technology, as the Pfaff-Johnson modern-transmission proposal (SB 1125) would have required.

Thank you for your time. I’d appreciate knowing your position.

Sincerely,
[Name]
[Town], WI

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Your message goes straight to your legislator — nothing routes through us. The Pfaff-Johnson “modern transmission” bill (SB 1125, 2025–26 session) did not pass; this asks lawmakers to champion that careful approach going forward. Lookup & bill: maps.legis.wisconsin.gov · docs.legis.wisconsin.gov.

Prefer to call? Here’s a 20-second script.

“Hi, my name is [name] and I live in [community]. I’m calling about the proposed 765 kV transmission line through the Driftless. I’m asking [legislator] to press for a careful, independent review of whether this line is actually needed, and to support a modern, responsible approach to transmission siting. Thank you.”