Allenwood, Pa. — Brett Taylor arrived at PPL Electric's June 3 open house in Montgomery still dirty from baling hay. He left knowing that a proposed 230,000-volt transmission line would run straight across the middle of his farm.
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Allenwood, Pa. — Residents opposing a proposed data center in Gregg Township are now contending with a second major development, this time, from PPL.
A storm system caused multiple power outages in Wasco County on Aug. 16.
Plans for a $700 million high-voltage electrical transmission line between Oregon and Washington states have been cancelled after the cost doubled over the last eight years, the Bonneville Power Administration said Thursday, May 18.
PORTLAND (AP) — Plans for a $700 million high-voltage electrical transmission line between Oregon and Washington state have been canceled after the cost doubled over the last eight years, The Bonneville Power Administration said Thursday.
PORTLAND (AP) — For the second time in two weeks, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) energized and brought into service a new 500-kilovolt transmission line, this time connecting central Washington and Oregon. The 28-mile, single-circuit line connects BPA’s Big Eddy Substation in The Dalles to the new Knight Substation northwest of Goldendale, Wash.
Motorists traveling I-84 east of The Dalles should be prepared for “rolling slowdowns” near the Celilo railroad bridge into July as Western Construction, contractors with the Bonneville Power Administration, use helicopter airlifts to haul electrical transmission lines from the Washington side of the Columbia River to the Oregon side.
Approximately 1,800 Klickitat Public Utility District customers in Dallesport, Murdock, Lyle, High Prairie, Appleton and Timber Valley will experience an eight-hour electric service outage from 11 pm on Friday, Aug. 15th until 7 am on Saturday, Aug. 16th.
Portland General Electric is bringing a shorter, retooled Cascade Crossing high-capacity transmission line project back before property owners and the public.
