CapX 2020 is a collaborative of eight Midwest utilities working to expand the regional transmission grid to meet increasing electricity demand. By 2020, they forecast needing 8,000 MW of new generation to serve 6,300 MW of additional load. Their plan involves $3 billion in transmission projects grouped into three phases from 2011-2020. Phase 1 focuses on five new lines in Minnesota and the Dakotas. CapX 2020 has achieved legislative reforms in Minnesota and South Dakota to improve cost recovery for these projects.