Dive Summary:
- Construction is underway on Xcel Energy’s $185 million TUCU transmission line, a 345-kilovolt single circuit transmission line project running 200 miles from a TUCO substation near Abernathy, Texas to a new substation in Beckham County, Oklahoma.
- The project is a part of Xcel’s Power for the Plains initiative connecting customers to lower cost power supplies outside the region and improving transmission reliability by adding at least 500 megawatts (MW) of capacity to the regional grid.
- Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) will also build on the line, from Beckham County, Okla. to Woodward, Okla.
From the article:
“The TUCO line and other transmission enhancement projects across the region were identified as necessary improvements by the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), the regional transmission organization that coordinates reliability on the transmission system serving portions of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana.”