As of July 2,2005, MATL is planning to build a 300-kilometre transmission line spanning the Montana-Alberta border says construction is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2006 and end in 2007.

The line is a project of Montana Alberta Tie Limited, consisting of Canadian companies Rocky Mountain Power Limited and Tonebridge, and an Oregon company, Lectrix.

The partners expect the line to be used by companies that want to move electricity from Alberta into Montana and markets south of Montana, or Montana power developers who want to sell electricity to buyers in Canada.

Presently, moving power between the two areas requires routing it through Saskatchewan or British Columbia, using routes that are crowded.