Transmission
Southern California Edison, Presidential Substation Project (Moorpark to Thousand Oaks)
STATUS: In progress, with opposition TYPE: Transmission Line OPPOSITION: Local Residents and Property Owners; Substation and Transmission Towers Opposition Project; Enclave Homeowners Association; Cities of Moorpark, Simi Valley, and Thousand Oaks; and Center for Biological Diversity. PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Southern … Continue reading
PATH Project, WV, VA, MD
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Transmission OPPOSITION: Environmental groups, local residents PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: The Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline (PATH) is a joint venture of American Electric Power (AEP) and Allegheny Energy to build a new high-voltage interstate transmission line … Continue reading
Susquehanna-Roseland Transmission Line (New Jersey, Pennsylvania)
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Transmission OPPOSITION: Environmental groups, local residents PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: PPL Electric Utilities and Public Service Electric & Gas Co. (PSE&G) have jointly proposed to build the Susquehanna-Roseland Project, a 500-kilovolt overhead transmission line from … Continue reading
Meadow Brook to Loudon 500 kV Line, Virginia
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Transmission OPPOSITION: Environmental groups, local residents PROSPECTS: Likely BACKGROUND: The Meadow Brook to Loudon 500 kV Line is a proposed 65-mile, 500-kilovolt (kV) overhead transmission line to be constructed by Dominion Virginia Power on … Continue reading
Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway (Delaware and Maryland)
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Transmission OPPOSITION: Environmental groups, local residents PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: The Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway (MAPP) is a proposed 150-mile 500-kilovolt transmission line to be built by Pepco Holdings in parts of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. … Continue reading
Sunscape Transmission Project, Virginia
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Transmission OPPOSITION: Local residents PROSPECTS: Likely BACKGROUND: Appalachian Power submitted an application in June 2008 to construct an $11 million, 1.4 mile 138 kilovolt (kV) electric transmission line and substation to serve customers in … Continue reading
TVA Rutherford-Williamson-Davidson Power Supply Improvement Project, Tennessee
STATUS: Complete TYPE: Transmission OPPOSITION: Environmental groups, local residents PROSPECTS: Complete BACKGROUND: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a corporation owned by the U.S. government, undertook the Rutherford-Williamson-Davidson Power Supply Improvement Project in 2006. The project includes the construction of a new … Continue reading
East Henderson Transmission Project, Nevada
STATUS: Killed TYPE: Transmission OPPOSITION: Local residents PROSPECTS: Dead BACKGROUND: NV Energy proposed to upgrade an existing three-wire, 69-kilovolt transmission line to a 20-wire, 230-kilovolt line to help meet projected energy needs for the Las Vegas Valley. The $27 million … Continue reading
New York Regional Interconnection
STATUS: Suspended TYPE: Transmission OPPOSITION: New York state representatives; environmental groups, local residents PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: In 2006, New York Regional Interconnection (NYRI) announced plans to construct and maintain a 190-mile, 1,200 megawatt electrical transmission line through New York, from … Continue reading
Progress Energy Apalachicola Area Improvements, FL
STATUS: In progress, with opposition TYPE: Transmission Line OPPOSITION: Local Residents and Property Owners; Franklin County Commissioners. PROSPECTS: Likely BACKGROUND: Progress Energy is working on a 38-mile transmission line project in Gulf and Franklin counties located in the Florida Panhandle. … Continue reading