Xcel EnergyInc. has energized a 37-mile, 115-kV Curry-to-Bailey transmissionline running between its Curry substation near Clovis, N.M., and Bailey substationnear Muleshoe, Texas, completing another portion of its Power for the Plainsproject.
"Before this line was completed, we had only one115-kilovolt line coming into the Bailey County Substation," Xcel Energyproject manager Donnie TeBeest said in an Oct. 4 news release. "An outageon that one line could cause reliability issues in the Bailey County andMuleshoe areas."
The company expects the approximately $38 million line willimprove system reliability.