EDISON TO START WIND PROJECT.Byline: JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape SKEEN Staff Writer Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. is expected to begin construction late this year on a transmission line project that will stretch from Tehachapi through the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley and into Ontario, carrying electricty from wind farms. Edison has secured approvals from the California Public Utilities Commission The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC; also often commonly referred to as simply the PUC) [1] is a state Public Utilities Commission which regulates privately-owned utilities in the state of California, including electric power, for the first three segments of a planned 11-segment project. The first three segments, projected to cost $257 million, link transmission facilities in Tehachapi with one just north of Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, and another in Vincent gap, just south of Palmdale. The first segment, which runs from facilities at Antelope Acres and just north of Santa Clarita, is awaiting approval from the U.S. Forest Service. That approval is expected next month. The first three segments are projected to be completed in early 2009. Edison anticipates filing for approval for the rest of the Tehachapi project segments this summer. All 11 segments are projected to be completed in 2013. "The Tehachapi project will strengthen and enhance SCE's transmission system by creating a new path for renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. to meet the increasing electricity demand of Southern California," said Ron Litzinger, SCE SCE (in Scotland) Scottish Certificate of Education SCE n abbr (= Scottish Certificate of Education) → Schulabschlusszeugnis in Schottland senior vice president of transmission and distribution. The project will help meet state law requiring that at least 20 percent of the electricity SCE delivers to its customers be produced by renewable energy sources by 2010. The project will also help fulfill state mandates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Construction of all 11 segments is estimated to cost $1.8 billion. When completed, the project will have a series of new and upgraded transmission lines capable of delivering 4,500 megawatts of energy from the wind farms into northern Los Angeles County and east Kern County. james.skeen@dailynews (661) 267-5743 |
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