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Xcel: New transmission line now in service
ROSWELL — Xcel Energy has reported that a new 345-kilovolt transmission line in Eddy County is now in service to meet current needs and anticipated growth, according to a company release.
“The new Eddy-Kiowa line is a major component of our 10-year plan to significantly boost the amount of power flowing into the job-creation engine of New Mexico’s economy and to sustain regional industries for decades to come,” said David Hudson, president of Xcel for New Mexico and Texas. “We have essentially built a new power grid where very little transmission infrastructure existed before, and the transformation has been phenomenal.”
The $65 million transmission line is part of a $3 billion, decade-long project called Power for the Plains. Since 2011, the project has seen 1,300 miles of new transmission line and 75 new substations, and there are plans for 200 more miles of transmission line and 11 substation builds or upgrades by the end of 2021.
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