The electric system improvements to Ann Arbor region will enhance the reliability of electric service to the area and create additional capacity to support growth throughout the region. Construction continues on schedule and is anticipated to be completed by the end of 2018.
ITC Holdings Inc. and CIPCO share an integrated system area in Iowa to transmit electricity to residents in both rural and urban areas. Gary Slaby, vice president utility operations for CIPCO, details the partnership and its benefits.
WIRES recently applauded the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) decision to proceed on Grid Resiliency, asserting that a robust transmission grid offers resource diversity and operational flexibility that is critically important to prevent, mitigate and recover from service disruptions.
ITC’s operational excellence continues as it recorded a .5 incident rate in 2017 compared to the EEI average of 1.5. The lost work day rate at .15 was also considerably lower than the EEI average of .45.
ITC partnered with the Michigan Science Center to host a special Arbor Day program for students throughout Michigan. The program will highlight the museum’s new ECHO Distance Learning Program that uses video conferencing to connect classrooms to a museum educator in real time.
In October, The Gazette published an article about ITC Midwest installing custom-designed and fabricated insulators on all three current-carrying lines around 27 utility poles in a flight corridor stretching from Trout Run, the site of the Decorah eagles’ nest, back to the southeast.
FROM The Gazette
ITC Midwest President Krista Tanner participated in a question and answer session with the Corridor Business Journal to discuss ITC's investments in the electric transmission system.
ITC Midwest has concluded maintenance on an electric transmission line that runs along the Cedar Lake trail in downtown Cedar Rapids, allowing the trail to be reopened to the public.