Nebraska Utility Votes to Strengthen Delivery System
The Omaha, Nebraska, Public Power District Board of Directors has taken action to keep the utility’s system performing well by voting to add new lines and to replace and upgrade older ones. ...
Dominion Cites 'Convincing' Evidence for Meadow Brook-To-Loudoun Transmission Line
Dominion Virginia Power yesterday began presenting testimony at a Virginia State Corporation Commission hearing showing that the proposed Meadow Brook-to-Loudoun transmission line is essential to keeping the lights on in Northern Virginia. ...
ITC: State Siting Decision Ignores Reliability Concerns
ITC Holdings Corp.'s subsidiary ITCTransmission will continue to explore options to pursue construction of a 13.9-mile long transmission line deemed crucial to electric reliability in southeast Michigan. ...
Southern California Edison Starts Construction on the Nation's Largest Wind Transmission Project
In the most recent demonstration of its national leadership role in renewable and alternative energy, Southern California Edison (SCE) has begun construction of the largest wind transmission project in the United States. ...
DOE Affirms National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor Designations
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) last week denied requests for rehearing of the Mid-Atlantic and the Southwest Area National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (National Corridors) designated by DOE in October 2007 as areas of significant electricity congestion and constraint. ...
PA Governor Comments on U.S. DOE Decision on Transmission Lines
Governor Edward G. Rendell expressed disappointment last week as he responded to the U.S. Department of Energy's decision to deny requests to rehear the federal government's Mid-Atlantic Transmission Corridor designation. ...
California Public Utility Receives Approval to Build Critical Transmission Line
The board of directors of Imperial Irrigation District (IID; El Centro California, U.S.), a community-owned utility, has unanimously approved a critical...
Siemens Completes HVDC Link in China
After successful completion of the test phase, Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany) commissioned the Guizhou-Guangdong II high-voltage dc (HVDC) transmission...
Alabama Upgrades Transmission Line
Alabama Power Co., which supplies electricity to more than 1.4 million residential and commercial customers, will install 3M's high-capacity aluminum...
Mountain High
In Washington State's Chelan County, Glacier-Clad Mountains Make for a Scenic View. Since 1936, a public utility district has been serving the power needs...
Libya Reinforces the Mediterranean Ring
Libya is One of the World's Leading Oil-Gas Producing Nations with Significant Financial Reserves. Hence, Libya situated in the centre of North Africa...
NYRI Submits Supplemental Filing on Proposed Transmission Line
In response to requests from the New York Public Service Commission (PSC), New York Regional Interconnect, Inc. submitted to the Commission a Supplemental Filing that details research findings on the economic and environmental impacts of NYRI's proposed transmission line, as well as alternative routing options...
Otter Tail, Minnkota Plan to Build Transmission Line for Wind in North Dakota
Otter Tail Power Co. has notified the North Dakota Public Service Commission that, together with Minnkota Power Cooperative, it intends to apply for a permit to build an approximately 60-mile-long 230-kV line from Luverne, North Dakota, to the Maple River Substation near West Fargo. ...
Evidentiary Hearing Set to Begin for Virginia Transmission Line
Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company (TrAILCo), a subsidiary of Allegheny Energy, Inc., announced today that the evidentiary hearing for a new 500-kV transmission line will begin Monday, Feb. 25 in Richmond before the Virginia State Corporation Commission....
New High-Voltage DC Transmission System Commissioned in China
After successful completion of the test phase, Siemens Energy commissioned the “Guizhou-Guangdong II” high-voltage DC transmission link (HVDC) on schedule at the beginning of January. ...
PPL Seeks Commission Approval for Location of New Power Line
Following extensive study and public input, PPL Electric Utilities has finalized the route of a new power line from Coopersburg to Quakertown, and has filed a formal application with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for approval. ...
ComEd Among the Nation's Largest Purchasers of Environmentally Friendly Soy Oil Transformers
ENMAX Set to Rebuild Existing CalgaryTransmission Line by Helicopter
ENMAX Power Corp. is set to begin the rebuild of an existing transmission line in the west end of the Weaselhead Natural Park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ...
Critical Transmission Grid Expansion Plans Advance in Kansas
ITC Great Plains' plans to invest in transmission infrastructure improvements in Kansas are one step closer to reality because of two important industry decisions rendered last week that prioritize the state's electric projects and more equitably address cost recovery associated with these projects. ...
Arrowhead-Weston Transmission Line Energized
American Transmission Co. has energized the completed 220-mile, 345-kV Arrowhead-Weston transmission line linking Wausau, Wisconsin, and Duluth, Minnesota. ...
Montana Alberta Tie Receives Final Canadian Approval
Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. has received the final Canadian go-ahead to build and operate a 346-km, 230-kV AC power line from Lethbridge, Alberta to Great Falls, Montana. ...
Cambodia to Get US$7 Million Loan for Transmission Line to Import Electricity
The Asian Development Bank has signed an agreement to provide a $7 million loan without government guarantee to build transmission lines to import electricity from Thailand into Cambodia, including to the tourism hub of Siem Reap, and the growing cities of Battambang and Banteay Meanchey where there have been power shortages. ...
A Thorough Examination of Circuit Breaker Health
The philosophy behind maintaining circuit breakers focuses on preventive maintenance to maximize the longevity of the electrical apparatus. The transmission...
Hubbell Power Systems Introduces Technologically Advanced Insulator
When the engineers at Ohio Brass took a critical look at transmission insulators, they found a better way to design and manufacture them. Ideas began...
Collaborative Regional Transmission Plan IDs Major Projects
Participants in the North Carolina Transmission Planning Collaborative (NCTPC) have identified 17 major transmission projects, representing more than $400 million in investments over the next decade, as part of the 2007-2017 Collaborative Transmission Plan for North Carolina. ...
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