AEP Proposes 550-Mile Power Line to New Jersey

State Journal, The, February, 2006 by Anonymous

American Electric Power is seeking permission from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and PJM Interconnection to build a new 765-kilovolt transmission line from West Virginia to New Jersey.

AEP said the $3 billion project, announced Jan. 31, would enhance reliability in the eastern power transmission grid.

The line is projected to be in service in 2014, assuming three years to site and acquire rights-of-way and five years to build the line, company officials said. A new AEP subsidiary, AEP Transmission Co., LLC, will build and own the line.

In a move that promises to speed the process, the utility filed with the Department of Energy to have the proposed route designated as a National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005...

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