One Nevada Transmission Line
{{Short description|Grid transmission cable in the east of the state}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
One Nevada (ON Line) is a {{convert|235|mi|adj=on}}, 500-kilovolt, 600-megawatt power line that runs from Southern to Northern Nevada. NV Energy owns 25% of the transmission line and operates and offers the line's capacity under the terms of NV Energy's Open Access Transmission Tariff. Great Basin Transmission South (a subsidiary of LS Power) owns 75% of the line.{{cite news |title = Groundbreaking celebrates One Nevada transmission line |first = Jennifer |last = Robison |url = http://www.lvrj.com/business/doe-approves-loan-guarantees-to-link-nevada-power-grid-105285143.html |newspaper = Las Vegas Review-Journal |date = October 19, 2010 |access-date = November 17, 2012 }}{{Cite web |last=Carpenter |first=Chrissy |title=LS Power Grid Transmission Assets {{!}} Portfolio of Projects |url=https://www.lspowergrid.com/portfolio/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=LS Power Grid |language=en}} The line runs from the new Robinson Summit Substation in Ely to Apex, connecting with the existing NV Energy Harry Allen Generating Station,{{cite news |title = NV Energy seeks permit to build more transmission lines |first = Jennifer |last = Robison |url = http://www.lvrj.com/business/nv-energy-seeks-permit-to-build-more-transmission-lines-121691948.html |newspaper = Las Vegas Review-Journal |date = May 12, 2011 |access-date = November 17, 2012 }}{{cite web |url = https://nvenergy.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=8838&item=136857 |title = One Nevada Transmission Line Begins Serving |date = January 2014 |publisher = NV Energy |access-date = January 23, 2014 }}{{cite map |url = http://media.graytvinc.com/documents/Basic+Renewables+map+with+layers_rev+02-10-2015.pdf |title = NV Energy’s Renewable Energy Sources |year = 2015}}{{dead url|date= October 2023}} and uses tubular guyed-V towers on a single point foundation.{{cite web |url = https://energy.gov/lpo/one-nevada-line |title = One Nevada Line |publisher = United States Department of Energy |date = March 2015 |access-date = June 14, 2017 }}
History
Construction on the $510-million (equivalent to ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|510000000|2010|r=-6}}}} in {{inflation-year|US-GDP}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP}}) line began in 2010. The line provides a way to connect renewable energy projects along the eastern edge of Nevada with the existing electrical grid.{{cite news |title = Consumer advocates seek to downsize NV Energy ONline |first = Jennifer |last = Robison |newspaper = The Ely Times |date = June 9, 2010 |url = http://www.elynews.com/articles/2010/06/09/news/news03.txt }}
In February 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy issued a $343-million (equivalent to ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|343000000|2011|r=-6}}}} in {{inflation-year|US-GDP}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP}}) loan guarantee to finance the project. The project also includes the new Robinson Summit Substation, interconnection to the Harry Allen Substation, expansion of the Falcon-Gonder Substation, and new telecommunication facilities.{{cite web |title = One Nevada Line |url = https://www.energy.gov/lpo/one-nevada-line |author = Loan Programs Office |publisher = United States Department of Energy |access-date = February 2, 2021 |language = English }}
The line was expected to be energized in 2013.{{cite news |title = Transmission line twisting in the wind |first = Thomas |last = Mitchell |url = http://www.elynews.com/opinion/article_712d0f00-84b3-11e1-a1e0-0019bb2963f4.html |newspaper = The Ely Times |date = April 13, 2012 |access-date = November 17, 2012 }} The line was energized in January 2014.
The line is part of the larger Southwest Intertie Project Transmission Line (SWIP) project which will extend the line north to Jerome County, Idaho. The extension will create a {{convert|501|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} line.{{cite web |url = http://www.wildnevada.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=547:fast-track-swip&catid=89 |title = Southwest Intertie Project (SWIP) Transmission Line |publisher = WildNevada.org |access-date = November 17, 2012 }} The extension's backers received a $331 million Department of Energy loan in April 2024 to get construction started.{{cite web | title=Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Transmission Permitting Rule and Latest Investments To Accelerate the Build Out of a Resilient, Reliable, Modernized Electric Grid | website=Energy.gov | date=April 25, 2024 | url=https://www.energy.gov/articles/biden-harris-administration-announces-final-transmission-permitting-rule-and-latest | access-date=April 25, 2024}}
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