LS Power Grid California energizes Orchard substation
LS Power Grid California energizes Orchard Substation, enhancing grid reliability and supporting CAISO with North America’s largest STATCOM installation.
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USA, California: LS Power Grid California announced that it energized the Orchard Substation in Fresno County, California, on March 12.
This new transmission infrastructure, also known as the Gates 500 kV Dynamic Reactive Support Project, provides critical operational reliability for the California Independent System Operator’s (CAISO) bulk electric power grid in the San Joaquin Valley.
The Orchard substation features state-of-the-art, dynamic voltage control technology that provides around 800 MVAR support to Pacific Gas & Electric’s Gates 500 kV substation and represents the largest static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) installation in North America.
Paul Thessen, President of LS Power Development, said: “This addition complements our growing transmission systems in operation or development across eight states, including five more transmission infrastructure projects in development now across California.”
The Orchard substation provides long-term cost savings for electricity consumers and enhances grid reliability and resiliency for CAISO’s power grid.
Thessen added, “As developers, we compete to build transmission projects by offering binding cost protections and assuming project risks that help keep electricity costs lower for consumers, demonstrating the value of competition in transmission development.”
Source: LS Power
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