Central East Energy Connect EPC / Design-Build
Central East Energy Connect |
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| Client | LS Power Grid New York |
| Completion Date | 2023 |
| Location | New York |
| Completed by | The L.E. Myers Co. and MYR Energy Services, Inc. |
For the Central East Energy Connect, which spans 93 miles of an existing utility-owned transmission line, L.E. Myers crews reconductored 230kV and 345kV transmission lines on existing structures and removed 230kV transmission lines on H-frame structures, replacing them with 345kV steel monopole structures in single- and double-circuit configurations. The project was designed to relieve a bottleneck in the New York state power grid, improving system reliability, increasing efficiency, and enhancing statewide accessibility to renewable energy.
Under the contract, valued at more than $250 million, MYR Energy provided project and construction management, material procurement, and construction services, including right-of-way clearing, environmental controls, foundation installation, structure assembly and erection, and conductor stringing.
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