wiUSA December 2013

California to benefit from new line

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), MidAmerican Transmission LLC and Citizens Energy Corporation have been chosen by the California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO) to develop, own and operate a new transmission line in the Central Valley region of California. The 230kV line will span 70 miles across Fresno, Madera and Kings counties, running between the PG&E substations Gates and Gregg. Approved to address the growing power demand in the greater Fresno area, the new line will help reduce the number and duration of power outages and bolster efforts to integrate clean, renewable energy onto the grid. The transmission line should be operational no later than 2022.

The ISO approved the project during its annual Transmission Planning Process in March. The ISO chose the consortium of PG&E, MidAmerican Transmission and Citizens Energy over four other qualified bidders in a competitive process. The project is the second to be approved under new ISO rules requiring that some new transmission projects be subject to competition. The project will need to undergo an approval process through the California Public Utilities Commission.

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