EPCOR powers up Edmonton's core
The new line is designed to accommodate rapidly growing electricity demand resulting from Edmonton's high growth rate, and provide additional security of supply to Edmonton's city centre. The 240 kilovolt cable runs underground from the Castle Downs Substation at 16253 97 Street to the Victoria Substation at 10520 104 Street.
"The continued prosperity of the Edmonton city core depends on a secure and reliable supply of electricity," said Guy Bridgeman, EPCOR Senior Vice President. "Downtown Edmonton continues to grow, and this project will ensure we can support that growth long into the future."
"We congratulate EPCOR on the successful completion of this project," said Neil Millar, Vice President Transmission, Alberta Electric System Operator. "As is the case in many areas of the province, this transmission upgrade is critical to ensuring the long term reliability of the electric system and to meeting customers' growing demand for service. We appreciate the amount of teamwork and cooperation demonstrated by EPCOR on this project."
The three year initiative involved extensive public consultation, a major directional drilling operation, and trenching and cable pulling along busy roadways.
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TEHRAN - Iran and Iraq have finalized two deals to rehabilitate and develop the power grid of Iraq, IRNA cited the Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian.
Ardakanian met his Iraqi counterpart Majid Mahdi Hantoush in Tehran on Tuesday evening on the sidelines of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s trip to the Islamic Republic on his first foreign visit.
“It was decided that the contracts related to reducing losses on the electricity distribution network in the provinces of Karbala and Najaf, as well as the contract for repairing Iraq’s distribution transformers would be finalized and signed,” the Iranian minister said.
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