Mar 07 2008
California transmission update
It's a busy day on the transmission front in California for Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric.
Reuters reports that SCE launched construction of its big Tehachapi Renewal Transmission Project to deliver 4,500 megawatts of mostly wind power to customers in Kern and Los Angeles Counties. Phase 1 is to be finished in 2009. Tehachapi is part of SCE's proposed $5 billon expansion for its high-voltage grid.
To the south, the North County Times says SDG&E's delayed Sunrise Powerlink may get a boost from a decision by the federal Department of Energy affirming "designated energy corridors" on the East and West coasts. The decision means that SDG&E could ask the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve the contested transmission plan if it can't win a go-ahead from the California Public Utilities Commission.
The Sunrise line would carry power from the Imperial Valley to San Diego customers but it has drawn fire from environmentalists because the route would run through the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the largest state park in California.
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