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Benefits

  • Upgrades the line to current 230 kV standards
  • Utilizes the existing right of way

Timeline (View Full Timeline)

  • August 2022 – SCC issued Final Order approving project
  • Summer 2023 –Phase I (Valley Substation-West Staunton Substation) construction began
  • Early 2024 – Phase II (West Staunton Substation-Staunton Substation) construction began
  • Summer 2024 - Phase I construction complete (expected)
  • Late 2025 – Project complete (expected)
     

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Purpose

The key purpose of this project is to replace aging infrastructure and rebuild to current reliability standards.

Existing Transmission Corridor Conditions:

  • Project area is 21.5 miles long
  • Right of way is primarily 120 feet wide with some 100-foot sections
  • Double circuit monopoles and lattice structures
  • Single circuit wood H-frames
  • Previous average structure height: 73.3'
  • Previous average single-circuit structure height: 64.7'
  • Previous average double-circuit structure height: 122.4'

Proposed Transmission Corridor Conditions

  • Utilize existing right of way corridor
  • Brown, weathering-steel H-frames with galvanized cross arms and x-braces
  • Brown, weathering-steel monopoles, and 3-pole structures in some areas
  • New average structure height: 80.1'
  • New average single-circuit structure height: 72'
  • New average double-circuit structure height: 126.7'

Construction-Related Impacts

Traffic

There may be some traffic delays.

Environment

This project will not have environmental impacts.

Neighborhood

Access to surrounding neighborhoods may be impacted.

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