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Plans for Transmission Line Moved Up |
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 Sierra Pacific's plans for a transmission line that would connect Nevada's northern and southern electrical systems have recently changed.
Proposed as part of the Ely Energy Center, the transmission line was originally planned to be completed after the Ely Energy Center opened. Instead, Sierra Pacific now plans to build the 250 mile line first, with projected completion in 2012.
“We have renewable contracts in place that we have to be able to honor,” Sims said. One of those contracts calls for a large wind farm in Spring Valley, about 30 miles east of Ely.
“It only takes one and a half to two years to build a transmission line. It takes four years to build a plant,” he said.
Sierra Pacific says the line would increase the stability of the state's electrical grid and the power grids in northern and southern Nevada. It would also allow for large scale renewable energy projects including wind, solar and geothermal.
Read the full story in the Ely Times.
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