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Philatron Wire and Cable has
announced that Phil Ramos Jr, CEO
and president of Philatron International,
is to launch a new Engineering Design
Solutions department. This new service
will allow OEM customers to work with
experienced electrical engineers in
R&D prototype OEM cables.
Philatron engineers will prepare layout,
design, and CAD drawings with details
on wire stranding, gages, conductors,
conductive properties, and specialized
compounds suggested for use on
custom cable requests.
The new engineering design solutions
department will review all industrial
marketplaces to re-engineer existing
cables for possible savings.
Search for savings
PPL Electric Utilities has energized the 500kV
Susquehanna–Roseland transmission line,
serving the northeast. Regional grid
operator PJM Interconnection identified
that Susquehanna–Roseland was needed
to relieve congestion on other regional
transmission lines.
PPL built the 101-mile Pennsylvania portion,
and Public Service Electric and Gas
Company constructed the 45 miles in New
Jersey. The two companies partnered to
build a four-mile segment through National
Park Service lands on the border of the
two states.
“Building a major transmission line takes
expertise in construction and project
management, but it also involves knowing
how to seek and incorporate public input,
how to work cooperatively with multiple
permitting agencies, and how to minimize
impacts on people and the environment,”
said Stephanie Raymond, PPL’s vice
president - transmission and substations.
“Susquehanna–Roseland will serve as
the model as we plan future transmission
projects to benefit consumers.”
Among efforts to minimize impact, PPL
located over 90 percent of the line on an
existing transmission right of way along the
Pennsylvania route.
Susquehanna–Roseland was one of seven
projects fast-tracked by the Obama
administration’s rapid response team for
transmission, recognizing the importance
of the line to the nation’s power grid and
the need for streamlined and coordinated
government action on the required
federal permits.
Benefits of the project include expanded
nationalpark lands,wetland improvements
and cultural and historic preservation
activities.
Transmission
line brings added
benefits
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