wiredInUSA November 2016

North Carolina utilities commission has rubber stamped the 230kV transmission line in Hoke County, NC

Transmission line gets the OK

The North Carolina utilities commission has issued a certificate of environmental compatibility and public convenience and necessity to allow Duke Energy Progress to build about three miles (six circuit miles) of 230kV transmission line in Hoke County, NC. North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) reliability standards require planning for the loss of any generator plus a transmission line. According to Duke Energy Progress, based on transmission line conditions by summer 2018, if a Brunswick nuclear station unit is offline, a loss of the common tower Fayetteville-Rocking- ham 230kV and Fayetteville-Raeford

230kV transmission lines is projected to cause the Weatherspoon-Raeford 115kV transmission line to overload. According to Duke Energy Progress, the preferred route for the transmission line originates at the Raeford 230kV substation, exits the substation to the northwest and immediately crosses over the Raeford-Lumbee River 115kV transmission line. The proposed in-service date for the new line is summer 2018, and the transmission project is expected to cost about $9.5 million.

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