Xcel Energy's SPS Unit Starts 345KV Texas-To-Kansas Line
- CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Southwestern Public Service Co., a utility unit of Xcel Energy Inc. (XEL), has started operations on a new 345-kilovolt transmission line running from northern Texas to western Kansas, the company said Monday.
The 230-mile, $70 million line, with the capacity to transmit up to 400 megawatts of power, began commercial service Sunday, SPS said. The line runs from Amarillo, Texas, to Holcomb, Kansas.
"This new line significantly improves SPS's ability to respond to emergency power-supply situations," Gary Gibson, president of SPS, said in a release. "It also allows Southwestern to purchase or sell electricity in wholesale power markets."
The new line boosts opportunities for out-of-state generators to move power to other electricity suppliers in SPS's Texas/New Mexico/Oklahoma/Kansas region, the company said.
Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy wants to eventually extend the line 100 miles into Colorado, into the service territory of its utility unit Public Service Co. of Colorado.
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Almost 500-mile-long lightning bolt crossed three US states
NEW YORK - An almost 500-mile long bolt of lightning that lit up the sky across three US states has set a new world record for longest flash, scientists have confirmed.
The lightning bolt, extended a total of 477.2 miles (768 km) and spread across Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.
The previous record was 440.6 miles (709 km) and recorded in Brazil in 2018.
Lightning rarely extends over 10 miles and usually lasts under a second.
Another lightning flash recorded in 2020 - in Uruguay and Argentina - has also set a new record for duration at 17.1 seconds. The previous record was 16.7 seconds.
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