PPL
Electric Utilities Corp. is looking to build the first part of a new
transmission line between Blakely in Lackawanna County and Ramapo, N.Y.
The
company, a subsidiary of PPL Corp. of Allentown, announced that it began the
application and approval process for the first segment of Project Compass – a
new transmission line.
“This
transmission line provides a significant opportunity to improve reliability and
grid security and also provides benefits to customers,” Paul Wirth, spokesman
for PPL Electric, said this morning. “When you add another path for power to flow,
then that increases reliability because you are not relying as much on a single
substation or power line.”
The
full project would run about 475 miles from western Pennsylvania into
southeastern New York. The estimated cost of the overall Project Compass could
be $3 billion to $4 billion, Wirth said.
The
first segment is a 95-mile, $500-million to $600-million line. The proposed
345-kilovolt link between the PJM Interconnection and the New York Independent
System Operator is intended to make the electric grid more reliable and secure
for people throughout the region. PJM is a regional transmission organization
that includes eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey.
Another
goal is to provide an estimated savings of at least $200 million per year for
New York consumers by reducing transmission congestion.
PPL
Electric Utilities filed an interconnection application with NYISO on Tuesday.
Additional approvals are needed from the Pennsylvania Public Utility
Commission, New York Public Service Commission, PJM and other agencies.
“We
hope to begin construction in 2021 and we hope to have approvals by then,”
Wirth said. “The route has not yet been determined, but we will be working to
do that as the project moves forward.”
The
schedule calls for the first segment to be in service by 2023.
Source:
LVB
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