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Released June 27, 2022 | SUGAR LAND
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Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Wyoming energy interests have some good news to report. The Cowboy State, beset with the closure of coal-fired power plants and coal mines, received federal and state authorization to begin construction of Energy Gateway South, a 416-mile, 500-kilovolt transmission project. It is part of a larger, region-wide Energy Gateway transmission expansion being developed by PacifiCorp (Portland, Oregon), a unit of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) (Omaha, Nebraska).
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a branch of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), gave the Gateway South project a notice to proceed May 26. State utility regulators in Wyoming and Utah approved that project earlier this spring. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Industry Project Database can click here for a list of detailed project reports related to Gateway South.
Pre-construction work on the Gateway South transmission project began June 1, a PacifiCorp spokesperson told Industrial Info. That project will extend from the Aeolus Substation near Medicine Bow, Wyoming, through northwestern Colorado and end at the Clover Substation near Mona, Utah. The total investment value of this project is about $1.4 billion. Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services are being provided by Quanta Services Incorporated (Houston, Texas) and Cache Valley Electric (Logan, Utah), the PacifiCorp spokesperson said. The Gateway South project is scheduled to begin operating by late 2024.
In their permit decisions, the BLM and state regulators also approved construction of a portion of the Gateway West Project, which runs approximately 75 miles between the existing Windstar substation in eastern Wyoming and the Aeolus substation. That segment of the Gateway West project is scheduled to begin construction in August 2022 and be in service by late 2024. Subscribers can click here for a list of Gateway West project reports.
Both projects are part of a 2,000-mile regional transmission network expansion that PacifiCorp has been developing for at least 15 years. PacifiCorp owns and operates about 17,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines across 10 states in the Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest and California.
Click on the image at right for a project map of the Energy Gateway transmission expansion.
The Gateway South project will bring renewable energy from eastern Wyoming to Utah. When the Gateway West project is constructed, it will bring renewable energy from eastern Wyoming to the Idaho/Oregon border.
Several large renewable energy projects are being developed in Wyoming, including the two-phase, 3,000-MW, $5 billion Chokecherry/Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project. Subscribers can click here for related project reports.
Beyond delivering renewable energy, PacifiCorp said the new lines will enable a more efficient and reliable use of existing generation resources, as well as ensure compliance with reliability and network performance standards governed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) (Atlanta, Georgia) and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (Salt Lake City, Utah).
The Gateway projects will increase the reliability of the Wyoming transmission network, said Gary Hoogeveen, president and chief executive of Rocky Mountain Power (Salt Lake City, Utah), PacifiCorp's retail service division serving Utah, Wyoming and Idaho: "Transmission additions allow the interconnection of the additional generation resources our customers will need in the coming years--including the evaluation of potential carbon-capture projects that Wyoming officials have requested; and pursuing advanced nuclear and energy storage with TerraPower, among other technologies in our diversified clean energy strategy."
Stefan Bird, president and chief executive of Pacific Power, PacifiCorp's retail service division serving Oregon, Washington and California, added: "This is a major step forward in our work toward an expanded, modernized grid that will integrate diverse, abundant resources across the West to advance an affordable and reliable clean energy future that our customers demand."
PacifiCorp's 2021 Integrated Resource Plan shows that customers will need additional generation capacity in all years of the 20-year planning horizon. In 2021, the capacity need was more than 1,000 MW and will increase to more than 6,600 MW by 2040.
In its May 26 statement, the BLM said approval of the Energy Gateway South Transmission Line was "a significant milestone in the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to modernize America's power infrastructure in the West and permit at least 25 gigawatts of solar, wind, and geothermal production on public lands by 2025."
Gateway South is expected to integrate up to 2,000 MW of new renewable energy, BLM continued, adding it would support approximately 1,325 construction jobs.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Industry Database can click here for a list of the projects cited in this article, and click here for a list of related plant profiles.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a branch of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), gave the Gateway South project a notice to proceed May 26. State utility regulators in Wyoming and Utah approved that project earlier this spring. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Industry Project Database can click here for a list of detailed project reports related to Gateway South.
Pre-construction work on the Gateway South transmission project began June 1, a PacifiCorp spokesperson told Industrial Info. That project will extend from the Aeolus Substation near Medicine Bow, Wyoming, through northwestern Colorado and end at the Clover Substation near Mona, Utah. The total investment value of this project is about $1.4 billion. Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services are being provided by Quanta Services Incorporated (Houston, Texas) and Cache Valley Electric (Logan, Utah), the PacifiCorp spokesperson said. The Gateway South project is scheduled to begin operating by late 2024.
In their permit decisions, the BLM and state regulators also approved construction of a portion of the Gateway West Project, which runs approximately 75 miles between the existing Windstar substation in eastern Wyoming and the Aeolus substation. That segment of the Gateway West project is scheduled to begin construction in August 2022 and be in service by late 2024. Subscribers can click here for a list of Gateway West project reports.
Both projects are part of a 2,000-mile regional transmission network expansion that PacifiCorp has been developing for at least 15 years. PacifiCorp owns and operates about 17,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines across 10 states in the Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest and California.
The Gateway South project will bring renewable energy from eastern Wyoming to Utah. When the Gateway West project is constructed, it will bring renewable energy from eastern Wyoming to the Idaho/Oregon border.
Several large renewable energy projects are being developed in Wyoming, including the two-phase, 3,000-MW, $5 billion Chokecherry/Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project. Subscribers can click here for related project reports.
Beyond delivering renewable energy, PacifiCorp said the new lines will enable a more efficient and reliable use of existing generation resources, as well as ensure compliance with reliability and network performance standards governed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) (Atlanta, Georgia) and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (Salt Lake City, Utah).
The Gateway projects will increase the reliability of the Wyoming transmission network, said Gary Hoogeveen, president and chief executive of Rocky Mountain Power (Salt Lake City, Utah), PacifiCorp's retail service division serving Utah, Wyoming and Idaho: "Transmission additions allow the interconnection of the additional generation resources our customers will need in the coming years--including the evaluation of potential carbon-capture projects that Wyoming officials have requested; and pursuing advanced nuclear and energy storage with TerraPower, among other technologies in our diversified clean energy strategy."
Stefan Bird, president and chief executive of Pacific Power, PacifiCorp's retail service division serving Oregon, Washington and California, added: "This is a major step forward in our work toward an expanded, modernized grid that will integrate diverse, abundant resources across the West to advance an affordable and reliable clean energy future that our customers demand."
PacifiCorp's 2021 Integrated Resource Plan shows that customers will need additional generation capacity in all years of the 20-year planning horizon. In 2021, the capacity need was more than 1,000 MW and will increase to more than 6,600 MW by 2040.
In its May 26 statement, the BLM said approval of the Energy Gateway South Transmission Line was "a significant milestone in the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to modernize America's power infrastructure in the West and permit at least 25 gigawatts of solar, wind, and geothermal production on public lands by 2025."
Gateway South is expected to integrate up to 2,000 MW of new renewable energy, BLM continued, adding it would support approximately 1,325 construction jobs.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Industry Database can click here for a list of the projects cited in this article, and click here for a list of related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the world's leading provider of market intelligence across the upstream, midstream and downstream energy markets and all other major industrial markets. IIR's Global Market Intelligence Platform (GMI) supports our end-users across their core businesses, and helps them connect trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated project opportunities. Follow IIR on: LinkedIn.
