Dive Summary:
- A line to improve First Energy’s regional transmission network, handle load growth and meet demand in Greene County Pennsylvania has now been energized.
- First Energy doled out $20 million for the 138 kilovolt, 14-mile transmission line that connects a substation near Kirby, Pennsylvania with a substation close to Monongalia County, West Virginia. First Energy upgraded the substations to accommodate the new line.
- First Energy’s subsidiary West Penn Power will spend an additional $110 million to improve electrical systems across its service zones and $25 million to reduce vegetation near its power lines.
From the article:
“Another operator spending aggressively on asset upgrades is Integrys Energy Group Inc. (TEG). The company received regulatory approval for its ambitious $220 million modernization project at its Wisconsin Public Service subsidiary.”