Transmission Line

Experts Say Burying Power Lines in California to Prevent Wildfires Would Be a Costly Solution

November 6, 2019

As California wildfires flare throughout the state, critics are renewing focus on public utilities’ fire-risk management and prevention strategies.

Maine OKs 145-Mile Canada Hydropower Transmission Line

Mary B. Powers

April 17, 2019

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State Public Utilities Commission gives $1B project key nod after 18 months of review

780-Mile Clean Line Transmission Project Gets New Life With Ruling

July 25, 2018

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A ruling by the Missouri Supreme Court has revived the prospects of a 780-mile transmission project from Kansas to Indiana.

James River Power Line Hits More Snags With Tides, Lawsuit

Mary B. Powers

May 23, 2018

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Dominion Energy’s troubled 500-kV overhead transmission line crossing the James River in historic Colonial Virginia has hit another challenge, but the company says there will be no further delay to the line’s completion date.

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Cash-Strapped Spanish Firms Lose Kenyan Power Contracts

Substation line to Uganda in limbo after transmission system operator terminates Abengoa subsidiary

Shem Oirere

May 3, 2018

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Inabensa wants to block Ketraco from awarding the tender to another contractor or cashing the bank guarantees provided for the African Development Bank-financed project.

Mass. Chooses New Transmission Line Project After Northern Pass Rejected

Johanna Knapschaefer

April 4, 2018

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Massachusetts and its largest electric utilities on March 28 rejected the $1.6-billion Northern Pass hydroelectric transmission project in favor of a Central Maine Power Co. proposal announced last month.

Lack of Transmission Lines Slows Corporate Clean Energy Goals

Mary B. Powers

January 24, 2018

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More big corporations are looking to meet up to 100% renewable energy goals, but antiquated grid operator planning has delayed construction of transmission infrastructure that is putting the targets at risk.

Artificial Island Power Project Stalled Again

Peter Maloney

August 31, 2016

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A landmark transmission project in the Northeast is stalled, once again.

Power Transmission Line Gets New Lease on Life

July 6, 2016

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The developer of the Grain Belt Express—a 780-mile, $2-billion high-voltage direct-current transmission line to deliver renewable energy from Kansas to Indiana—has applied to the Missouri Public Service Commission for approval to cross the state.

New York May Rebid $1.2B Transmission Project

Mary B. Powers

November 19, 2015

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Large power transmission lines are in the works to relieve congestion in southeastern New York, but, to cut costs, state officials may scrap one of the projects—a previously accepted, $1.2-billion proposal—and seek new submissions from losing bidders.