Agencies Publish Environmental Impact Statement on Energy Transport Corridor Designations in 11 Western States
The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Departments of Energy, Agriculture, Commerce and Defense have released for public review and comment a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement proposing designation of energy transport corridors on Federal lands in 11 Western States in accordance with Section 368 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005...
PG&E Crews Set to Return Home From San Diego After Rebuilding Fire Damaged Powerlines
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. crews who have been restoring power in fire ravaged San Diego County since Oct. 26 were heading home yesterday....
AltaLink Continues Investment in Security and Reliability of Alberta's Grid
Continuing its commitment to the reliability of the Alberta, Canada, electric system, AltaLink invested more than $60 million reinforcing its transmission facilities in the third quarter of 2007 to meet Alberta’s growing needs for electric service....
PA Governor Asks Government to Reconsider Transmission Corridor Decision
Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell has asked the U.S. Department of Energy to reconsider its decision to designate a vast swath of the northeast -- including 52 counties in Pennsylvania -- as part of the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor. ...
FERC Narrows Scope of Protected CEII Information; Improves Process
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has amended its regulations for accessing critical energy infrastructure information (CEII) to create a more efficient process and provide additional guidance of what material is considered CEII. ...
New Zealand's Powerco Completes Electricity Supply Upgrade
New Zealand-based electricity and gas distributor Powerco has successfully completed maintenance work on the line supplying electricity to Whitianga, Coromandel and the surrounding areas. ...
ITC Great Plains Expansion in Kansas Approved
Officials from ITC Great Plains LLC were pleased to learn that the Southwest Power Pool's Board of Directors approved ITC Great Plains' proposed 180-mile long transmission project (the Kansas V-plan) in the SPP Transmission Expansion Plan (STEP) yesterday during its scheduled quarterly planning meeting...
Progress Energy Carolinas Plans Plant Addition, New Transmission Line
As population and energy usage in southern and eastern North Carolina continue to grow, Progress Energy Carolinas plans to invest an estimated $700 million to $750 million in building new electric generation capability at its energy complex in Richmond County and new transmission capacity to move electricity to where it's needed. ...
Cal ISO: Greening the Grid Gets Green Light
The California Independent System Operator Corp. Board of Governors has approved making changes to its federal tariff that spell out how a new financing tool will work to remove barriers for renewable power trying to access the power grid....
APS to Send Crews to San Diego in Wake of Fire Devastation
In anticipation of widespread infrastructure damage from this week’s Southern California wildfires, APS is mobilizing crews and equipment to assist San Diego Gas & Electric in its restoration efforts...
Transmission Emergency Continues in Southern California
The Southern California firestorms continue to affect multiple facilities of high-voltage transmission grid throughout the southland, causing the California Independent System Operator Corporation to call a Transmission Emergency for Southern California....
Coalition: Dominion Power's Transmission Line Designed Mostly for Out-of-State Needs
An independent review of Dominion Power's proposal to install a 500-kV powerline corridor between Frederick County and Loudoun County finds the plan is designed primarily for needs outside Virginia...
Hearings Begin Oct. 23 on Allegheny Energy's Transmission Line
Allegheny Energy, Inc. and its Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Co. subsidiary continue to work toward obtaining West Virginia state regulators’ authorization to build a new 500-kV transmission line...
PJM Board Authorizes $2.1 Billion in Transmission Additions, Upgrades
The PJM Interconnection Board has approved $2.1 billion in electric transmission system additions and upgrades...
American Transmission Co. Submits Power Line Plan to Commission
American Transmission Co. (Wisconsin) has submitted to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin its application requesting approval of a proposal for a new 345-kV electric transmission line through Dane County between the towns of Middleton and Christiana. ...
550-MW Cross Hudson Project Files Major Plan
Cross Hudson Corp. and In City I LLC have announce the recent filing of the Environmental Management & Construction Plan for the land-based construction of the proposed Cross Hudson cable....
Sharyland Utilities Commissions 150 Megawatt 'DC Tie' Between Texas and Mexico
Sharyland Utilities, L.P. has announced that a ceremonial commissioning event was held at the Sharyland Plantation in Mission, Texas, for its MW megawatt High Voltage Direct Current Tie ("DC Tie") project....
SDG&E Welcomes DOE Action to Keep Reliable Power Supplies Flowing to San Diego
San Diego Gas & Electric welcomed the announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy designating the Southwest as a National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor. ...
American Transmission Begins Clearance for Right-of-Way for Line Upgrade
American Transmission Co. (Wisconsin) crews are removing trees and clearing woody vegetation within an existing electric transmission line right-of-way between the Saukville Substation and the St. Lawrence Substation (located northeast of Slinger in the town of Hartford). ...
DOE Designates Southwest Area and Mid-Atlantic Area National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors
The U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for and Energy Reliability Kevin M. Kolevar announced the Department’s designation of two National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors -- the Mid-Atlantic Area National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor, and the Southwest Area National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor. ...
Calgary Transmission Line Proposal Hearings Voided
The Alberta Energy and Utilities Board has voided its hearings on a proposal to build a 500-kV power line between Edmonton and Calgary ...
Western Energizes First Segment of 80-Mile Transmission Line Upgrade
The Western Area Power Administration (Western) has energized the first 20-mile (32-km) segment of an 80-mile (129-km) transmission line upgrade. The...
LOCWELD Supplies Towers for AEP's 765-kV Project
When American Electric Power (AEP; Columbus, Ohio, U.S.) selected a lattice tower supplier for its ground-breaking 90-mile (145-km), 6-conductor bundle...
Crossing The Tacoma Narrows
Every Once in a While We Get to do Something Memorable. To a transmission line engineer, that memorable event may be designing an extraordinarily long...
Eisenhower Got It Right!
Aging Infrastructure, Congestion, Cost-Recovery Impediments, Siting Difficulties and National Security Concerns were all issues President Dwight D. Eisenhower...
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