Dive Summary:
- Electric Transmission Texas LLC (ETT) and Sharyland Utilities LP are seeking approval to build a 100-mile, 345-kilovolt high-voltage line to improve electricity capability in Brownsville and the Lower Rio Grande Valley near the Texas-Mexico border, the companies said on Monday.
- ETT is a joint venture between units of American Electric Power Co. and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
- The Cross Valley Project, constructed in portions of Hidalgo and Cameron counties, will cost between $314 million and $405 million and help fuel the emerging Rio Grande communities, which are among Texas’ fastest growing metropolitan areas.
From the article:
“Based on preliminary routing, the power line could be from 96 miles (154 km) to 125 miles long, running from the AEP Texas North Edinburg Substation in Hidalgo County, south to a location near the existing AEP Texas South McAllen Substation, then east to the Brownsville Public Utilities Board Loma Alta Substation in Cameron County near the Brownsville Ship Channel.”