|
|
Article: Georgia Transmission Corp. Completes Thomson-to-Warthen 500-kV Transmission Line.
- Article from:
- Electronics Newsweekly
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 NewsRX. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Georgia Transmission Corp. announced the completion of a 39-mile 500-kilovolt (kV) transmission power line connecting substations in Thomson, Ga. and Warthen, Ga. The line marks the company's first project of its size in two decades, its first of many new lines in a major upgrade of the state's power grid and a new design for 500-kV power lines.
Georgia Transmission, a not-for-profit cooperative that builds and maintains high-voltage infrastructure on behalf of 39 of the state's 42 Electric Membership Cooperatives (EMCs), began planning for the $48 million project in late 2004. The 500-kV line, to be energized in the summer of 2010, is the largest type of power ...