Route Length
Facilities
Municipalities Along the Route (18)
Regulatory Review By
Cost
Timeline

Route Length
69 miles of new 345-kilovolt (kV) line (345,000 volts)

• 45 miles of overhead
• 24 miles of underground (six miles constructed by the United Illuminating Company)
• Includes 57 miles of reconstructed 115-kV line (115,000 volts) to facilitate installation of 345-kV on existing rights of way

Facilities
Upgraded Scovill Rock Switching Station, Middletown
New Beseck Switching Station, Wallingford
New East Devon Substation, Milford
New Singer Substation, Bridgeport (United Illuminating)
Upgraded Norwalk Substation, Norwalk

Municipalities Along the Route (18)
Middletown, Haddam, Durham, Middlefield, Meriden, Wallingford, Cheshire, Hamden, Bethany, Woodbridge, Orange, West Haven, Milford, Stratford, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Westport, Norwalk.

Regulatory Review By

• The Connecticut Siting Council
• Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control
• ISO New England
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• Army Corps of Engineers

Cost
Estimated: $1.3 billion (CL&P's portion: $1.05 billion)

Timeline

Planning:

• November 2001 to May 2003: Consultations with municipalities potentially affected by proposed route (nearly 50 in total)
• May 2003: Regulatory review begins
• Summer 2003: Open houses were held at 21 locations along the proposed route.
• October 2003: Joint filing of Application to Connecticut Siting Council by CL&P/UI
• October 2003: The project application was submitted to the Connecticut Siting Council.
• October 2003 to April 2005: The Connecticut Siting Council held more than 35 public and evidentiary hearings for the project application.
• April 7, 2005: Connecticut Siting Council approves project
• April - October 2005: Consultations with municipalities and residents on proposed design (nearly 270 requests for information or design changes received)
• May 2005: Detailed design begins

Construction Begins:

• April 2006: Beseck Switching Station (Wallingford)
• July 2006: Scovill Rock Switching Station (Middletown)
• 3rd Quarter 2006: Scovill Rock Switching Station (Middletown)
• 3rd Quarter 2006: Overhead, Segment 1 (Middletown, Haddam, Durham, Middlefield, Meriden, Wallingford)
• 3rd Quarter 2006: Underground, Segment 4 (Bridgeport, Fairfield, Westport, Norwalk)
• 4th Quarter 2006: Overhead, Segment 2 (Wallingford, Cheshire, Hamden, Bethany, Woodbridge, Orange, West Haven, Milford)
• 4th Quarter 2006: Underground, Segment 3 (Milford, Bridgeport, Stratford)
• 4th Quarter 2006: East Devon Substation (Milford)
• 2nd Quarter 2008: Norwalk Substation (Norwalk)
• December 2009: Estimated in-service date