Decision on Palermo-Rio Oso 115 kV Line Re-construction Project - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Decision on Palermo-Rio Oso 115 kV Line Re-construction Project Gary DeShazo, Director of Regional Transmission - North Board of Governors Meeting General Session May 21-23, 2008 Management is requesting approval of the Management is


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Decision on Palermo-Rio Oso 115 kV Line Re-construction Project

Gary DeShazo, Director of Regional Transmission - North

Board of Governors Meeting General Session May 21-23, 2008

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Management is requesting approval of the Management is requesting approval of the Palermo Palermo-

  • Rio

Rio Oso Oso 115kV line re 115kV line re-

  • construction project

construction project

This project is needed to meet federal reliability standards Standards are mandatory under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) Estimated cost of $55M Will required a Permit to Construct from the California Public Utilities Commission All components need to be in-service by June 2010

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The project is located in PG&E The project is located in PG&E’ ’s Yuba s Yuba-

  • Sutter

Sutter service territory service territory

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This one This one-

  • line diagram shows how the project is

line diagram shows how the project is integrated into the system integrated into the system

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R econstruct approxim ately 40 m iles

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line w ith 1113 A A C conductor

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The project area is impacted by load growth and The project area is impacted by load growth and “ “interconnected interconnected” ” system needs system needs

Long-term planning investigation initiated by the ISO in 2003 Load growth area of 2.8% annually “Interconnected” system needs Parallel flow from California-Oregon Intertie (“COI”) flow Northern California hydro Six other alternatives were assessed The preferred alternative selected by the CAISO: Produces the required level of reliability Provides the highest load-serving capability for the least cost Least environmental impact Best overall benefits (cost-technical-environmental)