wiredinUSA August 2012

Oklahoma transmission line

ITC Great Plains has reported that its electrical transmission project in southeastern Oklahoma is in service. The project include includes an 18-mile, 345kV high-voltage electric transmission line from Hugo to Valliant and 345kV/138kV substation. WFEC CEO Gary Roulet said completion of the ITC 345kV project should reduce transmission congestion, improve reliability and reinforce long-term economics of the Hugo Plant, and, “Access to regional generation resources should positively benefit consumer electric bills,” he added. The substation is adjacent to a Western Farmers Electric Cooperative’s (WFEC)

power plant in Hugo and connects the WFEC 138kV transmission system. ITC’s investment in the Oklahoma project in the Southwest Power Pool region is intended to assist rebuild of the nation’s electrical grid. ITC Grid Development vice president Terry S Harvill said the company recently earned federal certification as a transmission operator in the Southwest Power Pool region. ITC Great Plains is a transmission-only utility operating in the Southwest Power Pool region, and has no involvement in power generation.

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