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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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    The Ameren Illinois Roxford substation. The infrastructure project included substation upgrades and new transmission structures. Photo by Ameren.
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    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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    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.
    Photo by Philip Kamrass/ New York Power Authority.
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    NYPA Uses Line Monitoring Technology to Protect Power Line Health in Winter

    Jan. 22, 2024
    NYPA uses fiber-optic sensing, based on the principles of distributed acoustic sensing, to identify power line conditions in real time.
    Photo by Jonathan Schwind, Entergy.
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    In Photos: Entergy Rebuilds its Mississippi River Crossing

    Dec. 15, 2023
    Throughout the entirety of the wire pull operation, the team battled Mother Nature with daily shutdowns because of storms and lightning.
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    Hydro One and First Nations To Partner And Develop Three Transmission Lines In Northeast And Eastern Ontario

    Oct. 25, 2023
    The Government of Ontario decision will help construct the transmission lines to meet the increased electricity demand and create future jobs in the regions.

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    March 26, 2024
    Citizens aims to contribute majority of its profits from the program to clean, reliable and affordable energy investments in low-income and disadvantaged communities across PG...
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    EIB Global Lends $125 Million to Ecuador to Increase Electricity Transmission Capacity and Regional Integration

    March 25, 2024
    The loan will finance the implementation of the Ecuadorian side of the power interconnection system between Ecuador and Peru.
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    Collaboration is Key for Expanding Transmission Capacity

    March 22, 2024
    Policymakers should take care to foster, rather than discourage or prevent, effective collaboration in transmission development.