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. ...
Work Continues on Electrical Upgrade at London Substation
Installation work has been taking place at a major electricity substation as part of a multi-million-pound project to strengthen security of supply and increase the electrical network capacity for London....
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. ...
PPL Seeks Approval for Location of New Power Line
Following extensive study and public input, PPL Electric Utilities has finalized the route of a new 69-kV line from Coopersburg, PA, to Quakertown, PA, and has filed a formal application with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for approval....
Terna to Restructure Electricity Grid in Province of Lodi, Italy
The rationalization plan for the electricity grid in the province of Lodi, Italy includes building a new 380-kV long distance power line connecting the future electricity stations of Chignolo Po and Maleo, for eliminating the “bottlenecks” that are presently congesting the grid allowing in this way the recovery of productive efficiency for at least 400 MW, equal to half the power of a big electricity plant. ...
China Southern Power Grid Co.’s 500-kV DC Transmission Line on Line
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. ...
NorthWestern Energy Announces Plans to Upgrade Transmission Line Serving Big Sky, Montana
The rapidly growing demand for electricity in and around Big Sky, Montana along with future planned development has prompted NorthWestern Energy to begin the process to upgrade one of the existing transmission lines serving the area....
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....
EEI Releases Updated Transmission Projects: At A Glance Report
EEI today released an updated version of the EEI Transmission Projects: At A Glance report ....
Weather Delays Repair of the NorNed Cable
The operation to repair the NorNed cable has been hindered by enduring poor weather conditions....
Transpower Considering HVDC Replacement Options
Transpower, New Zealand, will begin the first vital stage of replacing Pole 1 of the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) inter-island link when it begins public consultation on the short-listed replacement options....
Repair of the NorNed Cable Underway
The repair of the NorNed cable between Norway and the Netherlands has started after tests revealed the location of the fault....
NPPD Announces Final Route for Transmission Line
Sixty days after the conclusion of a series of public hearings, Nebraska Public Power District today presented the final route for a proposed transmission line between Columbus and Lincoln. The final route tracks closely, ...
Newly Commissioned St. Petersburg Substation is First in 20 Years
On December 20, 2007, the Russian North-West Transmission Grids branch of OAO "UES FGC" brought on line the 330-kV Rzhevskaya Substation with overhead cable transmission lines....
North Queensland Transmission Line Construction Continues
The Tully to Innisfail transmission line being built by Powerlink is needed to ensure the reliability of high voltage electricity supply to Far North Queensland, Australia, including...
Dominion Encouraged by SCC Staff Report on Meadow Brook-to-Loudoun Transmission Line
Dominion Virginia Power is encouraged that consultants hired by the Virginia State Corporation Commission staff agree that a critical need exists for electric reliability improvements by 2011 in Northern Virginia and recommends...
AEP/Allegheny Joint Transmission Venture Files to Establish FERC Rate
American Electric Power announced that Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline LLC, AEP's transmission joint venture with Allegheny Energy, has filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish a transmission rate to recover costs for the approximately 290-mile, extra-high voltage transmission line that the companies propose to build from West Virginia into Maryland. ...
ATCO To Build Major 240-KV Transmission Line In Alberta
After extensive public consultation, ATCO Electric, which delivers electric energy to customers throughout northern and east-central Alberta, has received all regulatory approvals to proceed with construction of a new 226 km transmission line required to support increasing power needs in fast-growing northwest Alberta, Canada. The 240-kV line, which will extend from the Wabasca area to the Peace River region, is expected to be completed by March 31, 2010 at an estimated project cost of $210 million....
Loose Creek-Mariosa Delta 345 kV and 161 kV Central Missouri Development
A new AmerenUE 345-kV transmission line, called Loose Creek-Mariosa, will be approximately 11 miles long, from the Loose Creek switching station near Linn, MO to the new Mariosa Delta 345/161-kV substation near Osage City, MO....
MP Opening £23million Substation
MP Karen Buck is opening EDF Energy Networks’ new £23million substation which will keep electricity flowing to thousands of customers across West London, UK. On January 9 the Labour member for Regent’s Park and Kensington North toured the new substation in her constituency where a major redevelopment, which began in January 2005, is nearly complete....
New Zealand Kaitimako Switching Station Completed Successfully
Transpower has successfully commissioned its Kaitimako switching station in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, to provide more transmission capacity into the Bay of Plenty area. The switching station has been completed on time and on budget....
NSTAR Project Boosts Long-Term Area Electrical Reliability
Addressing the need to increase the reliability and long-term availability of electric power, NSTAR, Boston, Massachusets, recently completed the first phase of its 345-kV Transmission Reliability Project. ...
330 kV Rzhevskaya Substation Brought On Line in St Petersburg
An official ceremony has been held to commission the new 330 kV Rzhevskaya substation, the first power grid facility of this voltage class to be built in Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region over the past twenty years....
