Wisconsin State Journal: High-powered transmission lines don ‘t produce energy. They simply move it around to help keep people ‘s lights on. Big transmission lines also can transfer clean energy just as easily as they can carry power from the dirtiest coal-fired generators. Those are points many opponents of a 32-mile to 55-mile, 345-kilovolt line from west of Middleton to eastern Dane County seem to be missing. Higher energy use in Dane County doesn ‘t have to increase pollution or the carbon …