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American Electric Power is investing $66 million in infrastructure to upgrade its electrical delivery service in Carroll, Tuscarawas and Harrison counties. The project will include the Yager substation – a new substation in northwest Harrison county – and upgrades to transmission lines. “The main driver of this is the shale natural gas industry,” said Brett Schmied, project outreach specialist for Columbus-based American Electric Power. “The facilities there require a lot of power. This project will let them ramp up to that higher level of power that they want to go to. The Yager station is under construction now.” American Electric Power and its affiliate, AEP Ohio Transmission Co, will construct a new 138kV transmission line of about five miles to run between northwest Harrison county and the Leesville area of southwest Carroll county. AEP will rebuild about 15 miles of transmission line between the Dennison and Scio areas, converting the single line into two transmission lines and upgrading the capacity from 69kV to 138kV, and will upgrade a further five miles of transmission line in the Leesville area to 138kV. Mr Schmied said of the project: “Customers will feel the impact because of the additional capacity for energy,” adding: “It should decrease outages.”

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