Entergy Louisiana announced recently that it put into service a new 10.5-mile-long 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line between the Oakville substation Belle Chasse and the Alliance substation west of Louisiana Highway 23 near the Phillips 66 refinery.
The transmission line is a key component of a $60 million project to improve service reliability for customers in Plaquemines Parish, the company said.
“This project not only enhances the availability of affordable power for our Plaquemines Parish customers but it will form a foundation for future reliability and storm resiliency projects across southeast Louisiana,” Melonie Stewart, interim vice president of customer service for Louisiana, said.
The project also included improvements to the Alliance and the Oakville substations, which were completed in 2014.
The final phase of the project involves constructing approximately seven miles of 34-kV distribution line on the lower portion of the new steel transmission structures. Entergy Louisiana expects to complete work on the distribution lines over the next eight to 10 months.
The overall program includes multiple projects to construct a 230-kV transmission path between the Peters Road substation in Jefferson Parish and the Alliance substation in Plaquemines Parish. Two of the projects were completed in 2012.
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