Tips & News - April 2014

Plastic Enclosures

Grain Belt Express Transmission Project Signs Deal With HPS and Other Missouri Suppliers

PenCell ® PE-20 Underground Enclosure

AG-20 pedestal with a PE-20 base

The Grain Belt project is an approximately 750-mile overhead, direct-current transmission line that will deliver up to 3.5 GW of renewable power from Kansas to communities and businesses in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and states farther east.

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Clean Line Energy Partners has announced agreements to source products and services from Hubbell Power Systems Inc. (HPS) for its Grain Belt Express Clean Line project. The Grain Belt project is an approximately 750-mile overhead, direct-current transmission line that will deliver up to 3.5 gigawatt of renewable power from Kansas to communities and businesses in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and states farther east. Clean Line says ABB, General Cable and HPS employ a total of nearly 1,000 Missourians, and the project represents an approximately $500 million investment in Missouri. HPS has been designated as the preferred supplier of insulators and hardware for theGrainBelt project. HPSwill manufacture the hardware and the core of the polymer

insulators at its Centralia, Mo., facility and establish a supplier base within the project area to source raw material from local businesses, including companies in Illinois and Indiana, according to Clean Line. To support Grain Belt Express, HPS will invest over $9 million in its Centralia plant. “Clean Line Energy is committed to sourcing as many of the needed materials as possible from local companies in the Grain Belt Express project area,” says Clean Line President Michael Skelly, adding, “Webelieve it is increasingly important to invest in energy infrastructure that will contribute to local economies and create new jobs in communities across Missouri and the region. The Grain Belt Express partnership will create an estimated 52 jobs at the Centralia Facility over the life of the project.

The addition of PenCell ® rounds out the HPS enclosures product line for the electric utility, commercial and industrial, communications and water markets.

Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. is proud to introduce the extension of our enclosures line with PenCell plastic enclosures. The PE-20 underground enclosure works as an underground vault and can be paired with the AG-20 Pedestal to meet grade level needs. PenCell plastic enclosures are offered in a number of sizes, shapes, depths and locking options to meet specific job applications. PenCell enclosures are RUS accepted and are proudly made in the USA. Visit pencell.com for more information.

Features: • Light weight - easy to lift • Manageable - easily cut conduit entry points in the field • Strong - load ratings of 3000-5000 lbs • Versatile - provides a base for the AG-20 pedestal

- mark mikes, Division Vice present hubbell power systems, inc.

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