U.S. Electric Utilities Invest Heavily to Meet Future Transmission & Distribution Requirements
SUGAR LAND--August 4, 2015--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--U.S. utilities are expected to invest nearly $880 billion in the next 20 years for transmission and distribution upgrades. The infrastructure system includes more than 642,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines; 19,000 generators, each with a capacity of more than one megawatt (MW); and 7,000 operational power plants. Industrial Info is tracking 368 transmission projects in the U.S. valued at about $51 billion.
Within this article: Details on domestic transmission and distribution upgrades and modernizations.