The 385-mile North Plains Connector project, to be built by 2029, will decongest transmission lines and enable clean energy to the grid.
Allette, Inc. and Grid United have partnered to form three independent system operator regions: Midcontinent System Operator (MISO), Southwest Power Pool (SPP), and Western Interconnection.
A new power project, the North Plains Connector, is a 385-mile HVDC transmission line that connects central North Dakota and Colstrip, Montana. The power line will provide 3 GW of transmission capacity between the central part of the country and all three energy markets. Developers hope to make transmission systems less congested, more resilient and reliable, and able to quickly share energy resources across vast areas with diverse weather patterns.
The North Plains Connector project is in development. As the developer of the project, Grid United is currently working with landowners and stakeholders to determine the best route for the track. The two companies are working toward his 2029 operational start, which is pending regulatory approval, and they expect project permits to begin this year.
Grid United CEO Michael Skelly said:
Skelly is behind Clean Line Energy, a former transmission development company. Disbanded in 2017 A multistate project fails to secure state regulatory approval. He previously led Horizon Wind Power, part of EDPR, one of the largest onshore wind development companies in the United States. He is the subject of his 2019 book, Superpowers, by Senior Energy Reporter Russell Gold at The Wall Street Journal, which chronicles Skelly’s career. As a risk taker in the project development market.
Grid United is developing five additional HVDC projects ranging from 100 to 300 miles to provide renewable energy interconnections in Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma and Wyoming. The company is backed by an advisory board that includes Carl Monroe, former Chief Operating Officer of SPP, Jack Hand, former CEO of Power Engineers, and William Kaul, former Chief Transmission Officer of Minnesota utility Great River Energy. is receiving
Investment in transmission and distribution projects has increased in recent months, with promises of the Inflation Reduction Act subsidizing renewable energy projects in remote areas of the grid, requiring modern grid systems. has become
Partnership between Invenergy and the New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority on January 12 Outlined 400 miles of Northpass power linesThis is a proposed HVDC line capable of moving up to 4 GW of renewable energy produced in New Mexico to the state’s Four Corners area. The North Path line is scheduled to begin operations in 2025 and be completed in 2028.
Recently, another major transmission project was recently approved by the Arizona Business Commission (ACC). sunjia is a 550-mile 525 Volt HVDC transmission project. Separately, the New Mexico Public Regulatory Commission has approved Pattern Energy’s SunZia, a proposed 3.5 GW wind project in New Mexico that will supply power through transmission lines to Pinal County, Arizona. issued his two approvals for wind projects. Upon completion, the SunZia Transmission and Wind project will be the largest clean energy project in the United States with a total investment of $8 billion.
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