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 early 2019.
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 safety performance routinely ranks in the top 25% – and often in the top 10% – for companies for recordable incidents and lost work day cases in the Edison Electric Institute’s annual safety survey of utilities.
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.
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Since acquiring the transmission system, ITC Midwest has been following through on its commitment to improve electric transmission reliability in Iowa by upgrading the 34.5 kV system to 69 kV. Much of the existing system being rebuilt was constructed more than 60 years ago and has reached the end of its useful life.
The Amber – Donaldson Creek line spans Mason and Oceana Counties. ITC Holdings Corp., through its subsidiary Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (METC) rebuilt approximately 20 miles of this line with new double-circuit structures and conductor (wires), providing greater reliability in this area of the state.
The Battle Creek-Island Road line spans Calhoun and Eaton Counties. ITC Michigan, through its Michigan Electric Transmission Company (METC) subsidiary, will rebuild 23 miles of this line with new single-circuit structures and conductor (wires), providing greater reliability in this area of the state.
ITC Midwest (ITC) has built a new 345 kV (345,000 volt) electricity transmission line from the Beverly Substation along 26th Street in southwest Cedar Rapids, west and south to the new Morgan Valley substation near Walford. This transmission line is approximately seven miles in length.
ITC Michigan, through its Michigan Electric Transmission Company (METC) subsidiary, will build a new substation, named Butters, in the City of Coldwater. It will connect to the existing Coldwater – Michigan Ave 138,000 volt (138 kV) transmission line. Substation construction is expected to begin in Q2 2020 and line construction will begin in Q3 2020. Both are expected and be completed in Q4 2020. Together with other recent transmission infrastructure improvements in the City of Coldwater, and in Coldwater, Girard and Union Townships, ITC’s infrastructure investments are supporting greater reliability and economic growth in southern Michigan.
The entire project is approximately 100-miles of 345-kilovolt transmission line designed to electrically connect the Dubuque County, Iowa, region to the Dane County, Wisconsin, region.
To support economic growth in southern Michigan, ITC Michigan, through its Michigan Electric Transmission Company (METC) subsidiary, is constructing new substations and transmission lines in the City of Coldwater, and in Coldwater, Girard and Union Townships. The project is being constructed in two phases:
ITC Michigan, through its ITCTransmission subsidiary, is upgrading electricity transmission infrastructure in Michigan. ITC will rebuild 1.3 miles of wood pole structures from Enrico Fermi to the Toll Road substation, and 3.7 miles of wood pole structures along the Toll Road - Shoal 120,000 volt (120 kV) transmission line. The wood poles will be replaced with 120 kV single-circuit steel monopoles and higher rated conductor (wires) and optical ground wire (OPGW). OPGW combines the shielding and communication functions, and provides for improved communication speed and reliability of the line. Construction is expected to begin in fall 2020 and be completed in spring 2021.
ITC Michigan, through its Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (METC) subsidiary, is upgrading electricity transmission infrastructure in Michigan. ITC will rebuild approximately eight miles of the Four Mile - Wealthy 138,000 volt (138 kV) transmission line, replacing the existing structures with new single-circuit monopoles designed for higher-rated conductor (wire) and optical ground wire (OPGW). OPGW combines the shielding and communication functions, and provides for improved communication speed and reliability of the line. Construction is expected to begin in fall 2020 and be completed in spring 2021.
To improve reliability and meet the region’s growing energy demands, ITC Midwest built a new electric transmission line and substation in northern Linn County, Iowa. The Hiawatha-Coffey line connects ITC Midwest’s existing Hiawatha electric substation (located in the south part of Robins) to a new substation, called Coffey substation, located one-half mile west of Highway 13. The new line connects the two substations, which are approximately 10 miles apart, and carry electricity at 161 kV. Construction was completed in December 2016.
The J538 Generator Interconnection Project connects 150 MW of wind generation to ITC’s Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (METC) system. To support the interconnection, ITC constructed a new substation, called Knowles, in Adams Twp.
To improve reliability and meet the region’s growing energy demands, ITC Michigan, through its ITC Transmission subsidiary, is constructing a new substation and transmission line in the City of Dearborn.
Following years of planning and construction, ITC Midwest completed and energized a major new, high voltage electric transmission line in 2018. As a 110-mile segment of Multi-Value Project (MVP) 3, the 345,000 volt (345 kV) transmission line connects ITC Midwest’s Lakefield Junction and Huntley substations in southern Minnesota, and the Ledyard switching substation and MidAmerican Energy’s Kossuth County substation, in northern Iowa.
Following years of planning and construction, ITC Midwest has completed a major new, high-voltage electric transmission line. MVP 4 is one of 17 Multi-Value Projects (MVPs) approved by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) to provide access to low-cost electricity generation, improve reliability and efficiency, and expand access to renewable energy resources throughout the Midwest. Specifically, this 345,000 volt (345 kV) transmission line will facilitate the integration of clean, renewable and cost-effective energy, including wind energy, from southern Minnesota and northern Iowa for electric consumers across the region.
ITC advanced a grid development vision in 2009 called the Green Power Express™ (GPX™) to move growing power generation development that exceeded local needs in the Upper Midwest to load centers and markets where more power is used.