Includes Brown, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Martin, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Rock, Watonwan, and Yellow Medicine counties.

Detailed Southwest 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.

• ITC Midwest LLC
• East River Electric Power Cooperative
• Great River Energy
• L&O Power Cooperative
• Missouri River Energy Services
• Otter Tail Power Company
• Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency
• Xcel Energy