• The 500,000-volt Sunrise Powerlink between San Diego and the Imperial Valley is seen as an important part of electric reliability in California this summer.
• Capable of delivering 800 MW initially and 1,000 MW later, the $1.9 billion project can fill some of the gap left by the outage of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).
• The Sunrise Powerlink went through five years of environmental review and took 18 months to build with both overhead and underground sections.

From the article: San Diego, June 18, 2012 — San Diego Gas & Electric put into service the Sunrise Powerlink, a 500,000-volt transmission line linking San Diego to the Imperial Valley, one of the most renewable-rich regions in California.