Dive Summary:
- Central Maine Power Company has started work on a new electric transmission line between Portland and Westbrook; the project is part of the company's plan to invest nearly $400 million in 2013 in system modernization.
- The project will cost $3 million and will upgrade the line by using taller wood poles and higher capacity conductors.
- The existing transmission line will go offline in March and the new line will go into full service by May.
From the article:
Detroit Edison submitted a COL application Sept. 18, 2008, seeking permission to construct and operate an Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor at the Fermi site, adjacent to the company’s existing reactor approximately 25 miles northeast of Toledo, Ohio. General Electric-Hitachi Nuclear Energy submitted an application to certify its 1,600 MW electric design, on Aug. 24, 2005. The NRC’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, a group of independent administrative law judges, is currently considering legal challenges to the Fermi application. ...