Includes Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Mcleod, Meeker, Pope, Renville, Sherburne, Stearns, Stevens, Swift, Traverse, and Wright counties.

Detailed West Central Planning Zone Map (PDF)

Utilities in this zone

The following utilities own transmission facilities in the Southeast Zone. See a list of needed projects in this zone in Chapter 6 of the 2011 Biennial Report. A list of projects completed since the 2009 Biennial Report also is available there.

• Great River Energy
• Hutchinson Utilities Commission
• Missouri River Energy Services
• Otter Tail Power Company
• Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency
• Willmar Municipal Utilities
• Xcel Energy