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Utility projects backed by GRIP include strengthening transmission lines with steel towers in areas that are heavily wooded and prone to fallen limbs.
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  1. Overhead Transmission

Transmission Line Rebuild

Nov. 1, 2016
FirstEnergy Corp. is rebuilding a 13.3-mile section of an existing 138-kV transmission line connecting substations

FirstEnergy Corp. is rebuilding a 13.3-mile section of an existing 138-kilovolt (kV) transmission line connecting substations in Fayette and Lyons to help enhance service reliability for more than 18,000 Toledo Edison customers in Fulton County.

The $16.5 million project includes replacing 334 poles in the existing right-of-way, along with stringing more than 13 miles of new wire. 

Following are images of the beginning of the rebuild.

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