Pioneer Transmission, a joint
venture between American
Electric Power and Duke Energy
is to begin work on a 66-mile
power transmission project
in the US state of Indiana.
The $245m line will connect
between the existing
Greentown substation
and the new New Reynolds
substation.
Pioneer Transmission’s
Greentown-New Reynolds
project was designated as
one of 17 multi-value projects
included in the Midwest ISO
transmission expansion plan.
The engineering, permitting
and siting activities for the
transmission project are
scheduled to begin in 2012.
Pioneer Transmission president
Bob Bradish said the project
aims to develop a new
high-capacity, extra-high-voltage
transmission system to meet
evolving demand for energy
and modernize the electric
transmission infrastructure.
The company will construct
and own the 765kV New
Reynolds substation to handle
the interconnection of multiple
power line voltages at this
location. Greentown-New
Reynolds is part of a larger,
240-mile transmission project
in Indiana that would extend
from Duke Energy’s Greentown
substation and terminate
at AEP’s Rockport substation
near Evansville.
Pioneer
in Indiana
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