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 Project Description
CL&P energized the new Bethel-Norwalk (B-N) 345-kilovolt (kV) electric transmission line on October 12, 2006. This line will allow an additional 600 megawatts of electricity to be delivered to southwest Connecticut and the region.
Bethel-Norwalk Project Facts
| Length: | Approximately 21 miles |
| Line voltage: | 345-kV - the standard already in place for 398 miles in Connecticut. |
| Towns along right of way: | Bethel, Norwalk, Redding and Wilton |
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- Regulatory review began July 2001
- Siting Council certified project July 2003
- Line construction began spring 2005
- In-service date - October 2006
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| Construction: |
- Installed the longest length of 345-kV solid underground cable in the United States
- Employed state-of-the-art gas-insulated system (GIS) substation technology that reduced land space to meet site limitations
- Installed over 160 miles of conduit/pipe
- Erected over 1,200 tons of steel
- Poured more than 12,000 truckloads of concrete
- Handled more than 14,000 truckloads of soil/rock
- Completed over 60,000 wire terminations
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