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Transmission Line Project Planned for Harbine and Steele City, Nebraska
Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) and Norris Public Power District hosted a open house November 10 to provide the public with information and to collect input on NPPD's plans to build a 115-kV transmission line in the Harbine and Steele City area. ...
Hydro One Invests More Than $4 Million in Orleans and Surrounding Areas
Hydro One, Ontario, Canada, is investing more than $4 million to improve service reliability to customers in Orleans, Navan and Greely. Crews are upgrading mechanical equipment, installing new poles and wires and increasing line capacity to accommodate local growth....
Port of Tampa to Receive Storm-Hardened Electrical Service
As part of Tampa Electric’s Storm Hardening Plan filed with the Florida Public Service Commission, the company will initiate a pilot project designed to test the electric system’s ability to withstand extreme winds at the Port of Tampa. ...
New Cable Link between Beilen and Hoogeveen, The Netherlands
Dutch national grid operator TenneT is planning to construct a new 110-kV cable link between Beilen and Hoogeveen. ...
PSE Electrifies New Transmission Lines in Ebey Slough Basin
Puget Sound Energy completed ahead of schedule the $15 million rebuild of high-voltage electric transmission lines in Snohomish County’s Ebey Slough basin...
Applications Submitted for Consent to Develop Western Isles Electricity Connection
Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Limited (SHETL), a subsidiary of Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), has today submitted applications to the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, the Highland Council, Scottish Ministers and other statutory authorities to develop an electricity transmission connection between the Western Isles and the north west of Scotland....
PECO Project Expands Power Supply in Oaks, Collegeville, Audubon Areas
PECO has completed expansion of its Betzwood electric substation in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, and construction of new distribution circuits that serve 3,300 local customers....
New HV Cable Link between Substations at Oterleek and Westwoud in Noord-Holland
TenneT, the Dutch Transmission System Operator (TSO), is planning to expand the high-voltage grid in the province of Noord-Holland to meet the growing demand for electricity transmission. ...
TenneT to Replace Transformer in Substation Serving Rotterdam City-Center
TenneT, the Dutch Transmission System Operator, is planning to replace a large transformer in the substation that supplies electricity to central Rotterdam...
Giant Electricity Transformer On the Move
A huge new electricity transformer destined for the National Grid substation in Drakelow was delivered to the substation successfully....
National Grid’s Woodhead Tunnel Cable Replacement Project Underway
High-voltage cables installed in the disused Victorian railway tunnels in the 1960s, to bring new electricity supplies to the Manchester, UK area from power stations east of the Pennines area nearing the end of their operational life and are being replaced by National Grid (UK). ...
Helicopter Stringing Under Way for New Nebo Powerline in Queensland, Australia
Powerlink Queensland will use a helicopter to string the conductor wires onto the new Nebo to QR Bolingbroke transmission line from late September to early November....
PECO Installing Smart Reclosers in Chester County in Major Reliability Program
Over the next several weeks, PECO will have dedicated crews working in Chester County, Pennsylvania to install reclosers, pole-top electronic switch devices that can reduce customer exposure to extended power outages...
ENERGEX Continues to Upgrade Network in Beaudesert
ENERGEX, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, has commenced phase two of its near $800,000 project to upgrade the power supply to homes and businesses in Beaudesert, Queensland. ...
PECO Moving Ahead with $7.4 Million Project to Improve Electric Reliability
PECO has electric line and tree crews working along five miles of Route 23 over the next several months, installing a new line of utility poles and other equipment for an electric reliability improvement project for Lower Merion. ...
Powerco Transmission Services Commissions New Zealand Wind Farm Connection
Powerco Transmission Services (PTS) commissioned the new transmission line that connects the Te Rere Hau (TRH) wind farm in Manawatu back to the national grid. ...
Final U.S. Permits Issued for Juan de Fuca Cable
Sea Breeze Power Corp. announces that the United States Army Corps of Engineers has issued a Permit authorizing the installation of the Juan de Fuca Cable Project on United States soil and seabed....
ETSA Utilities Powers up New Substation at Arno Bay
ETSA Utilities, South Australia, has achieved a significant milestone with the completion of works at the newly constructed Arno Bay substation on Eyre Peninsula. ...
Xcel Energy Plans New Electric Transmission Infrastructure in Minneapolis
Xcel Energy has announced a project to ensure its customers in south Minneapolis have reliable electricity through the next 20 years. ...
British Columbia To Move Forward With Northwest Transmission Line
Premier Gordon Campbell has announced that the province of British Columbia will immediately start the environmental assessment process and First Nations consultation on the Northwest Transmission Line along Highway 37....
Hydro One Receives OEB Approval to Build High Voltage Transmission Line
The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has approved Hydro One's Leave to Construct application for the Bruce to Milton Transmission Reinforcement Project with conditions. The project involves the construction of a 180-km, double-circuit 500-kV transmission line on a widened existing corridor between the Bruce Power Facility in Kincardine and Hydro One's switching station in Milton. ...
Service Completed on Vancouver Submarine Cable
One of two 500 kV electrical submarine circuits connecting Vancouver Island to the Lower Mainland is back in service following repair according to BC Transmission Corp. (BCTC). ...
Puget Sound Energy Outlines Electric System Infrastructure Investments
Puget Sound Energy is investing approximately $421 million in service-area infrastructure improvements in 2008, of which about $247 million is earmarked for capacity and reliability upgrades, and about $174 million is allocated to meet growing customer needs. ...
Four Colstrip Transmission System Partners Announce Agreement to Evaluate Potential Upgrade to 500-kV Lines to Accommodate Renewables
NorthWestern Energy announced that it and three other ownership partners in the Colstrip Transmission System (CTS) have agreed to proceed with a study of potential upgrades to the existing 500-kV system in Montana...
NorNed Subsea High-Voltage Cable Opened
This month, the world’s longest subsea high-voltage cable was officially opened by the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Maria van der Hoeven. ...
