Wind Today - Q4 2008 - (Page 50) WT TECHNICAL: OTHER TRANSMISSION NEWS Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. and Otter Tail Power Company plan to build a power generation outlet (type of electric transmission facility that is made up of high-voltage lines and one or more Fargo substations) in Fargo, ND. The 60-mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV) line will run from Luverne, ND to the Maple River Substation near West Fargo, ND. A new 230 kV substation will be built near Pillsbury, ND with an interconnection made at the existing Maple River Substation. The project would serve as an outlet capable of carrying about 400 MW of electricity generated from wind farms in Barnes, Steele, and Griggs counties. The Maine Power Reliability Program (MPRP) was announced in early 2007 by the Central Maine Power Company (CMP) and is undergoing approval by the Maine Public Utilities Commission. The $1.5 billion program involves building 260 miles of 345 kV lines, 245 miles of new 115 kV lines, and approximately 50 miles of re-rated lines. “The program includes new and rebuilt transmission lines running from Eliot, ME near the state’s southern border with New Hampshire, to Orrington, ME where the CMP system meets transmission lines connecting to northern Maine and New Brunswick, Canada,” CMP spokesman John Carroll says. In October 2008, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved plans for PacifiCorp’s Energy Gateway Transmission Expansion Project (EGTE) that will add more than 1,900 miles of new transmission lines. PacifiCorp says it will invest $6 billion in the project, which involves eight segments covering portions of Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Hydro One’s Bruce to Milton Transmission Reinforcement Project was approved in late September by the Ontario Energy Board (OEB). The 180-kilometer (112 miles) 500-kV line will run between the T oronto Bruce Power facility in Kincardine near Lake Huron and the utility’s switching station in Milton near Toronto. The $635 million line is expected to be in operation by 2011 and could transfer more than 3,000 MW of renewable power from the Bruce area to southern Ontario. Heather Ervin, associate edito Response No. 501 50 WIND TODA Y Fourth Quarter 2008 http://www.signalwind.com http://www.signalwind.com
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