FPL Energy Files Application to Build New Electric Transmission in Texas
Lone Star Transmission, LLC, a subsidiary of FPL Energy, LLC, today filed an application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to establish a new regulated utility business unit to construct, own and operate transmission facilities in Texas...
PacifiCorp to Construct Transmission Lines Through West
PacifiCorp has announced plans to build more than 1200 miles of new 500-kV transmission lines originating in Wyoming and connecting into Utah, Idaho, Oregon and the desert southwest. ...
ATC Files Application for First Transmission Access Project in Midwest
American Transmission Co. is proposing a project to construct a new 345-kV electric transmission line in south central Wisconsin on existing transmission right-of-way that will complete a connection to Illinois and allow local distribution companies access to lower-cost power produced in the region...
Westar Energy Receives Permission to Build New Transmission Line
Westar Energy, Inc. received approval from the Kansas Corporation Commission last week to build a new 345-kV high-capacity transmission line from northwest of Wichita, near its Gordon Evans Energy Center, to the Hutchinson area and then to the Summit Substation near Salina. ...
NYRI to Comment at DOE Public Meetings on Proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors
The New York Regional Interconnect, Inc. (NYRI) will provide testimony during a public meeting being hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in New York City on May 23. ...
FERC Acts on Long-Term Transmission Rights in Midwest ISO and PJM Territories
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has largely approved two orders on long-term transmission rights in two broad regions that will help set the stage for planning and expansion of the transmission grid. ...
Regional and Statewide Leaders Urge CPUC to Approve Sunrise Powerlink
A coalition of regional and statewide leaders urged the California Public Utilities Commission to approve San Diego Gas & Electric's Sunrise Powerlink transmission line as quickly as possible in light of a recent declaration by the federal government that San Diego is in one of the two weakest and most congested energy corridors in the U.S. ...
Nebraska Public Power District Finishes Storm Restoration
The Nebraska Public Power District has placed into service the last of 37 transmission line segments damaged, or destroyed, by the late December ice storm. ...
DOE Announces Additional Public Comment Meetings for Draft National Corridor Designations
The U.S. Department of Energy will hold four additional public meetings for the two draft National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors during the 60-day public comment period, which will close on July 6, 2007. ...
RTE to Deploy Fiber Optic Network on Grid in France
RTE, the French public power transmission network operator, will deploy an additional several-thousand-kilometer fiber-optic network on its high-voltage transmission grid. ...
NYRI Welcomed DOE's Proposed Corridors for New York Area
New York Regional Interconnect Inc. (NYRI) welcomed the announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy that proposes for designation National Interest Electrical Transmission Corridors in the New York area and in other areas of the country....
National Grid Upgrading Transmission Network in Southwest England
National Grid has contracted Jacobs Engineering Group to upgrade and develop the electricity transmission network for the South West region of England and Wales as part of its 2.5 billion British pounds (US$5 billion) program over the next five years....
New York Power Authority Deploys Failure-Containment Structure
New York Power Authority (NYPA; White Plains, New York, U.S.) owns bulk power transmission lines in New York and has been exploring possible ways to limit...
Extreme Winds Test Wood Pole Strength
SEVERE WINDSTORMS OCCUR IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD. Since 2004, the Southeastern United States has been hit with nine major...
Australia Responds To Cyclone Larry
On the morning of March 20, 2006 cyclone Larry crossed the coastline of tropical Far North Queensland, Australia. The eye of the cyclone passed directly...
DOE Issues Two Draft National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor Designations
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman has announced the issuance of two draft National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (National Corridor) designations. ...
Electric Transmission Texas Partners With Wind Coalition To Analyze New TransmissionTo Support Wind Generation
Every dollar spent for construction of new transmission lines to support the development of wind resources in Texas will result in a $5 to $7 reduction in energy costs, according to testimony filed Tuesday with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) by Electric Transmission Texas LLC (ETT), a proposed joint venture between subsidiaries of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP - News) and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co....
Basin Electric in North Dakota to Begin Process for New Transmission Line
Within the next few weeks Basin Electric will begin the process of siting a new electric transmission line...
Dominion Virginia Power Proposes New Transmission Line to Meet Need for Electricity in Northern Virginia
Dominion Virginia Power has proposed building new generating units and a high-voltage transmission line to serve the increasing demand for electricity in Northern Virginia, one of the fastest-growing regions in the nation...
Northwest Power System Can Handle More Wind Energy, but More Work Needed to Address Costs, Transmission Issues
Wind power projects are being rapidly developed throughout the Northwest, and the region’s existing power system can most likely accommodate the 6000 MW of wind energy anticipated by 2024 – or perhaps much sooner given the current pace of development....
Canada's National Energy Board Approves MATL Power Line Application
The National Energy Board (NEB) has issued a permit to Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. (MATL) to construct and operate the Canadian portion of an international power line (IPL) between Lethbridge, Alberta and Great Falls, Montana. ...
Salt River Project Submits Application for Powerline for Desert Basin
Salt River Project has submitted an application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility with the Arizona Corporation Commission for the Desert Basin Generating Station to Pinal South Substation 230-kV Power Line Project. ...
Allegheny Energy Seeks West Virginia Authorization for New Transmission Line
Allegheny Energy, Inc. has filed an application seeking authorization to build a new 500-kV transmission line in West Virginia. ...
SCE Moves Forward on Major Projects
Southern California Edison (SCE; Rosemead, California, U.S.) has contracted Burns & McDonnell (Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.) to act as owner's agent on...
Airborne Innovation
Ideas about how to work safer, better, faster and easier are bound to come up when dedicated utility professionals get together to swap stories from the...
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