National Grid Begins Second Phase of Croydon Cable Tunnel
National Grid UK has begun the second phase of a multi-million pound project to build a new tunnel for high-voltage underground electricity cables between its substations at Rowdown and Beddington...
Power Lines Removed from Norfolk, UK Coastline
Power lines are coming down in coastal areas of north Norfolk as part of a £2.9 million scheme managed by EDF Energy Networks in the East of England....
Service Improvements Under Way in Suffield, Connecticut
As part of its ongoing efforts to improve its electrical distribution system throughout Connecticut, The Connecticut Light and Power Co. (CL&P) is upgrading the system in Suffield...
Strathalbyn Power Supply Upgrade to Meet Increasing Demand
ETSA Utilities, South Australia, is responding to growth in the Strathalbyn area, with a $1.3 million investment to upgrade the Strathalbyn substation...
PSE to Rebuild Electric Transmission Lines in Ebey Slough Basin
Puget Sound Energy has began preliminary construction work to replace 2.5 miles of two high-voltage electric transmission lines in Snohomish County’s Ebey Slough basin in Washington state. ...
AEP's ETA Transmission Venture Joins With Westar Energy To Build 765-kV Transmission in Kansas
Electric Transmission America (ETA), a joint venture of subsidiaries of American Electric Power and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., has formed a joint venture company with Westar Energy Inc. to build and own new electric transmission assets in Kansas...
Com Ed’s West Loop Project Entailed an Exacting Under-River Boring
Com Ed’s West Loop project had two main objectives: to add capacity and improve reliability by bringing 345-kV power underground into Chicago’s business district and to convert its transmission system to a network model...
Tampa Electric Upgrades Distribution System as Part of Storm Plan
As part of Tampa Electric’s storm plan, filed with the Florida Public Service Commission, Tampa Electric plans to convert four existing 4-kV distribution circuits that serve parts of the South Tampa area to the company’s standard 13-kV circuit configuration. ...
CL&P Service Improvements Under Way in Westport
As part of its ongoing efforts to improve its electrical distribution system throughout Connecticut, Connecticut Light and Power Co. (CL&P) is upgrading the system in Westport....
NorNed, the Longest Electricity Cable in the World, is Operational
Tuesday, May 6, the longest high-voltage cable in the world was successfully put into operation: the NorNed cable between the Netherlands (Eemshaven) and Noorway (Feda), with a length of 580 km. ...
New York Commission Approves Wind Farm Transmission Line
The New York State Public Service Commission has approved the construction plans for a 5.6-mile 230 kV transmission line along with necessary infrastructure improvements needed for the construction of a 127-megawatt Noble Wethersfield wind farm project in Wyoming County...
PECO Completes New $22 Million Southwark Substation to Boost Energy Supply
PECO has energized the first of five new distribution circuits from its new $22 million electric distribution substation that will meet the needs of the former Navy Yard and serve parts of South Philadelphia. ...
TenneT Presents New Innovative Pylon Design
TenneT has developed a new concept for high-voltage lines with a magnetic field intensity that is significantly lower than that of existing lines...
500 kV Line Zarya-Barabinsk-Tavricheskaya Goes On Line
A ceremony was held to connect the new 500-kV transmission line "Zarya – Barabinsk – Tavricheskaya" to the Unified Energy System (UES) of Russia linking the Omsk and Novosibirsk Energy Systems. ...
Australian Community Benefits from Power Upgrade
Kings Meadows, Tasmania, Australia, residents will experience a greater level of power supply reliability from late May, with Aurora Energy commencing work to upgrade the system. ...
NorNed Cable Repairs Completed and Low Power Testing Underway
The repair operation of the NorNed cable has been completed and the NorNed cable is now ready for testing. ...
Iberdrola Fortifies Power Grid in Mexico
IBERDROLA Ingeniería y Construcción, the engineering and construction arm of Spain’s IBERDROLA utility group, has completed a project for fortifying the electrical power grid in the northern Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora...
Sahuarita-Nogales Transmission Line Project Proposal
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is working with the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) and federal agencies to improve electric reliability for Santa Cruz County residents served by TEP's sister company, UniSource Energy Services (UES) by proposing a new 345-kV transmission line. ...
Solid-Dielectric Recloser Installation Improves Distribution Network Reliability
With the increase in demand for high reliability power supply to Fiji Electricity Authority's customer base, FEA purchased an initial 20 solid-dielectric recloser units for installation mainly on the rural spurs of several distribution feeders...
NorNed Cable Repair Update
TenneT reports that a significant part of the repair operation of the NorNed cable between Norway and The Netherlands has been completed...
RAO UES and Kemerovo Region Government Sign Cooperation Agreement to Develop the Region's Energy System
Chairman of the Management Board of RAO "UES of Russia" Anatoly Chubais and Kemerovo Region Governor Aman Tuleyev have signed a cooperation agreement designed to develop the Tomsk Region's energy system and ensure reliable power supply to customers. ...
Emera and National Grid Announce New Partnership on Electric Transmission Line
Emera Inc. and National Grid today announced their intention to partner on the development of the Northeast Energy Link transmission connection. ...
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. ...
ENERGEX Substation Upgrade Increases Capacity by 50 Percent
Nearly 11,000 homes and businesses in the Pine Rivers area of southeaast Queensland, Australia, are benefiting from a recently completed multi-million dollar ENERGEX upgrade to the local electricity network....
Upgrade of Tampa Electric Riverview Substation and Lines
Tampa Electric plans to install a second transformer at its Riverview substation, located Southeast of Tampa, Florida, near the intersection of Route 301 and Boyette Rd. and to construct two new distribution circuits on public right-of-way to serve increased residential growth and development. ...
