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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.”
Transmission
upgrades
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