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    Typically 69 kV all the way up to 1200 kV, these lines transfer power in bulk from generation stations to city centers.

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    Overhead Transmission

    FERC 1920: Meeting Electricity Demand with Faster Planning, Better Cost Recovery

    June 27, 2024
    FERC’s most far-reaching rule in decades is all about planning, building a more resilient grid and how to pay for upgrades.
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    Overhead Transmission

    T&D World Interview: ATC CEO Teresa Mogensen

    May 3, 2024
    Transmission utility ATC hired an industry veteran as its CEO, and she answers T&D World's questions about the utility industry.
    The Ameren Illinois Roxford substation. The infrastructure project included substation upgrades and new transmission structures. Photo by Ameren.
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    Unique Solutions Guide Infrastructure Upgrades

    April 8, 2024
    Ameren Transmission works with partner to replace a transmission tower and upgrade a substation, with a positive impact on the Diverse Supplier Program along the way.
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    Overhead Transmission

    National Grid Drops out of Twin States Clean Energy Link Transmission Project

    March 13, 2024
    The Twin States Clean Energy Link, a 211-mile, 1,200 MW high voltage direct current power line, had won the support of the Department of Energy with funding from the Transmission...
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    Overhead Transmission

    Basin Electric’s Two 345 kV Transmission Projects Approved by Regulators

    March 12, 2024
    The 15-mile Pioneer-to-Judson 345-kV line will connect the Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV project to the Judson substation near Williston.

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    Feb. 16, 2022
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    Overhead Transmission

    AEP Texas Announces Gregory Area Transmission Improvements Project to Improve Reliability for San Patricio County Customers

    July 1, 2024
    The project will rebuild about one mile of a 138 kV transmission line to replace a section of the existing Aransas Pass-Rincon transmission line and upgrade equipment at the Gregory...
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    Overhead Transmission

    FERC Seeks Comment on Potential Dynamic Line Ratings Framework

    June 27, 2024
    The ANOPR seeks comment on several matters, including whether to reflect hourly solar conditions in all transmission line ratings, and how to determine which transmission lines...
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    Texas Congressman and Colleagues Urge DOE To Establish More Connections Between ERCOT and Neighbors

    June 26, 2024
    The DOE designating the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors into ERCOT or nearby ERCOT will help unlock $4.5 billion in federal financing to build electric transmission...
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    Overhead Transmission

    TVA Identifies Preferred Location For New Transmission Line In Madison County

    June 26, 2024
    The line will be less than four miles and built using single-pole, steel structures on a 100-foot-wide right of way.