Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project
The Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project is a project to build approximately 173 miles of new and upgraded high-voltage transmission lines for transmission of electricity from wind farms and other generating units in southern Kern county, California to Los Angeles County and the existing Mira Loma Substation in San Bernardino County. The project is developed by Southern California Edison. Construction started on March 7, 2008. When completed in 2013, the transmission system will have a capacity of 4,500 megawatts that could provide power for 3 million homes.[1]
State laws requiring SCE to provide at least 33% of its power service from renewable sources by 2020 is driving the project. The SCE has no interest in owning the land that the project is on, but is obligated to construct the transmission system nonetheless. [2]
See also
- List of wind farms
- List of wind farms in the United States
- Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm
References
- ↑ "Southern California Edison Starts Construction on the Nation’s Largest Wind Transmission Project" (Press release). Edison International. 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
- ↑ Southern California Edison Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project Renewable Energy Projects. http://www.sce.com/PowerandEnvironment/Renewables/Wind/default.htm
External links
California Public Utilities Commission page for the TRTP
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