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The North Carolina utilities commission
has issued a certificate of environmental
compatibility and public convenience
and necessity to allow Duke Energy
Progress to build about three miles (six
circuit miles) of 230kV transmission line in
Hoke County, NC.
North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) reliability standards
require planning for the loss of any
generator plus a transmission line.
According to Duke Energy Progress,
based on transmission line conditions
by summer 2018, if a Brunswick nuclear
station unit is offline, a loss of the
common tower Fayetteville-Rocking-
ham 230kV and Fayetteville-Raeford
230kV transmission lines is projected
to cause the Weatherspoon-Raeford
115kV transmission line to overload.
According to Duke Energy Progress,
the preferred route for the transmission
line originates at the Raeford 230kV
substation, exits the substation to the
northwest and immediately crosses
over the Raeford-Lumbee River 115kV
transmission line.
The proposed in-service date for the new
line is summer 2018, and the transmission
project is expected to cost about $9.5
million.
Transmission line gets the OK
North Carolina utilities commission has rubber stamped the 230kV
transmission line in Hoke County, NC