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Power line upgrade will address Capital Region "bottleneck"

5 March 2020 by DSR

 
“DUANESBURG — A $750 million power line upgrade being reviewed by the state Public Service Commission will address a known “bottleneck” that is limiting the electric power supply coming into the Capital Region, a project representative said Thursday.

The proposed 93-mile Marcy-to-New Scotland line upgrade would replace aging 230-kilovolt transmission lines with new 345-kv lines that would bring more power into the region from hydro-electric sources north and west of Utica. It would also create capacity for more solar and wind projects, said Casey Carroll of LS Power Grid New York.”
 
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Williams, Stephen. Schenectady Gazette 5 March 2020.
 
 
Additional Information:
Master Matter: Case Number 19-T-0549
Contractor: LSPower
Department of Public Service Article vii 7 Transmission Line Upgrades October 9, 2019
 

Posted in: New York, Transmission Lines Tagged: Casey Carroll, Department Public Service, Duanesburg, LSPower, National Grid, Princetown, public hearing, Schenectady Gazette, Stephen Williams, substation, transmission line

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