Firm Foundations Replace Crumbling Concrete
D602F is the 500-KV AC transmission line that connects Manitoba hydro to its export customers. This transmission line originates just north of Winnipeg...
Construction Begins on LIPA Project
The Long Island Power Authority's (LIPA; Long Island, New York, U.S.) construction phase of the world's largest and highest voltage superconductor electric...
Six-Wire Solution
Imagine a world where a new product is introduced that works so flawlessly it can be used seamlessly...
HECO's Mile-Long Cable Pull
In the early morning of Dec. 7, 1941, the clear, quiet blue Hawaiian sky was pierced by the thunderous roar of hundreds of Japanese warplanes crossing...
Egypt Plans Aggressive Power Expansion
The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Energy has announced an ambitious five-year (2007 to 2012) power-expansion plan. The US$6.5 billion plan includes...
MidAmerican Energy Energizes 124-Mile Transmission Line
MidAmerican Energy Co.'s electric transmission grid has increased capability to handle higher electric demand when summer temperatures heat up. The 345,000-V...
ESB Tackles System Renewal
The electricity market in the Republic of Ireland has been fully opened, which means that all of the 1.9 million customers can now choose their supplier....
Avista Utilities Begins Last Phase of 230-kV Upgrade Project
Avista Utilities (Spokane, Washington, U.S.), an operating division of Avista Corp., began construction in early May of a 60-mile (97-km) 230-kV transmission...
Reconstructing Iraq
We left the Green Zone, heading for the Baghdad airport in a high-speed dash along a highway known as Route Irish. Adrenaline pumped through our veins...
AEP Proposes 765-kV Line to Relieve Congestion in Eastern United States
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER (AEP) IS ADDRESSING INADEQUACIES IN THE U.S. TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE. AEP (Columbus, Ohio, U.S.) has filed with the Federal...
Mammoth 765-kV Project
American Electric Power operates more than 2000 miles(3219 KM) of 765-kV transmission lines in the United States, from the southeastern shore of...
The Business Side of Line Construction
Today's business environment continually presents challenges of a fundamentally conflicting nature. Electric utilities face increasing energy demand and...
Thinking Big in the Neighborhood
ARCHIE PUGH SENT ME AN E-MAIL THAT HAD A BIT OF AN EDGE. Archie, an engineer with American Electric Power (AEP), wanted to know why I hadn't contacted...
United States/Mexico: Sharyland Utilities to Transfer Power Between Texas and Mexico
Sharyland Utilities has obtained approval from the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and the U.S. Department of Energy to build an electrical...
