The 89-mile phase one of the KETA transmission line project is now energized. ITC has announced that the line from Spearville to Hays is transmitting to the Post Rock substation, and the project is on schedule.

Phase II encompasses 85 miles from Hays to the Nebraska border. At this point poles have been erected through Osborne County.

When the project is completed in Kansas, the Nebraska Public Power District will build the remaining stretch to Axtell. Construction on the line is scheduled to be complete by the end of the year.