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Duke-American Transmission buys stake in 84-mile California transmission line

April 30th, 2013

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Duke-American Transmission today completed its previously announced purchase from Atlantic Power of 72 percent of the capacity of Path 15 – an 84-mile, 500-kilovolt transmission line in central California. The nine-year-old line connects the state’s northern and southern transmission grids, playing a key role in maintaining statewide electric system reliability and market [...]

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Zephyr Power Transmission Project open house in Wheatland, Wyo., rescheduled for Apr. 30

April 17th, 2013

Duke-American Transmission Co. has rescheduled a Zephyr Power Transmission Project open house in Wheatland, Wyo., originally scheduled for earlier this month but was cancelled due to inclement weather.

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DATC’s Chris Jones will present at Western Energy Leadership Summit in Keystone, Colo. May 20

April 8th, 2013

Chris Jones, Vice President of Duke-American Transmission Company and Project Director of the Zephyr Power Transmission Project, will participate in a panel discussion exploring why pipelines and transmission lines are critical to the West.

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DATC announces public open houses for Zephyr Power Transmission Project

March 27th, 2013

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Duke-American Transmission Co. is hosting a series of open houses to seek public feedback on its proposed route for the Zephyr Power Transmission Project, an approximately 850-mile transmission line that would deliver wind energy generated in eastern Wyoming to population centers in the southwestern U.S. As proposed, the Zephyr project will begin [...]

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DATC to purchase interest in California’s Path 15 transmission line

March 11th, 2013

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Duke-American Transmission Co. (DATC) has reached an agreement to purchase Atlantic Power Corporation’s interest in the Path 15 transmission project, an existing 84-mile, 500-kilovolt transmission line in central California. “Path 15, which connects the transmission grids between northern and southern California, plays an important role in maintaining regional electric system reliability and [...]

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DATC Vice President Paul Jett to speak at Infocast Transmission Summit Feb. 25

February 18th, 2013

Infocast is hosting the 16th Annual Transmission Summit in Washington, D.C. to bring together policy-makers and industry executives to discuss the transition to gas-fired generation and other trends in transmission planning and investment. Duke American Transmission Company vice president Paul Jett will be a panelist on the Transmission Executive Forum on Feb. 25. Visit the event [...]

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Zephyr Power Transmission to seek EIS contractor

December 4th, 2012

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Zephyr Power Transmission, LLC (“Zephyr”) will be soliciting bids from potential contractors to prepare an Environmental Impact Study at the direction of the Bureau of Land Management in response to a right of way application for the Zephyr Power Transmission Project. Interested parties should contact Zephyr by email prior to January 1, [...]

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DATC project to deliver Wyoming wind power to California and southwestern United States

December 19th, 2011

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Duke-American Transmission Co. has acquired the Zephyr Power Transmission Project and will continue the design and development of the proposed 950-mile transmission line that would deliver wind energy generated in eastern Wyoming to California and the southwestern United States.

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DATC announces integrated transmission development plan in five Midwestern states

September 12th, 2011

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Duke-American Transmission Co. today released its first set of transmission projects that include seven new transmission line projects in five Midwestern states. These projects will fill gaps in the existing transmission grid, improve electric system reliability and market efficiency, provide economic benefits to local utilities and enable increased delivery of high-quality renewable resources.

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Duke Energy and American Transmission Co. Form Joint Venture to Build Transmission in North America

April 13th, 2011

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Duke Energy and American Transmission Co. announced the creation of Duke-American Transmission Co., a joint venture that will build, own and operate new electric transmission infrastructure in North America.

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