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Energy & Grid Management
Mike Beehler
Mike Beehler
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·Posted in Energy & Grid Management
Tue, May 28

SoCalEd-Lotus Infrastructure consortium wins $503M CAISO transmission project

CAISO approves $6.1B in new transmission projects in its 2023-24 transmission plan. https://lnkd.in/edVYzcr5 with 26 new projects to support the addition of 85 gigawatts (GW) of capacity by2035.

Earlier this month, Lotus Infrastructure Global Operations and Southern California Edison were selected to jointly build and own the 30 mile, $503 million North of SONGS-to-Serrano 500-kV transmission line project expected to be operational by 2034.

Also this month, CAISO said it selected NextEra’s Horizon West Transmission to build and own the roughly $2.3 billion Imperial Valley–North of SONGS project, which includes a 145-mile, 500-kV transmission line and the $340 million North Gila-to-Imperial Valley project, which consists of a 500-kV circuit between the North Gila and Imperial Valley substations by 2035.
https://lnkd.in/eq3naWaz

It’s an exciting time for big transmission in California!