Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project

The Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project is a project to build approximately 173 miles of new and upgraded high-voltage transmission lines for transmission of electricity from wind farms and other generating units in southeastern Kern County, California to Los Angeles County, and the existing Mira Loma Substation in San Bernardino County.

The project is being developed by Southern California Edison. Construction started on March 7, 2008. When completed in 2013, the transmission system will have a capacity of 4,500 megawatts that could provide power for 3 million homes.[1]

It passes through sections of the Tehachapi Mountains, Sierra Pelona Mountains, and Antelope Valley

State laws requiring SCE to provide at least 33% of its power service from renewable sources by 2020 is driving the project. The SCE had no interest in owning the land that the project is on, but needed to construct the transmission system nonetheless to meet the renewable source laws.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Southern California Edison Starts Construction on the Nation’s Largest Wind Transmission Project" (Press release). Edison International. 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
  2. ↑ Southern California Edison Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project Renewable Energy Projects. http://www.sce.com/PowerandEnvironment/Renewables/Wind/default.htm

External links

Official website

California Public Utilities Commission page for the TRTP

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