Iberdrola Transformer Coming from Searsport to Benton
Benton substation to receive new CMP transformer
By Doug Harlow dharlow@mainetoday.com
Staff Writer
BENTON -- Central Maine Power Co. will be moving a 286-ton electrical
power transformer on Monday from a cargo terminal in Searsport to the
company's new substation on Albion Road in Benton.
The transformer will make the 45-mile trip to Benton on a 16-axle
tractor-trailer rig with a state police escort beginning at 6 a.m.
Monday.
The substation arrived in Searsport on Wednesday following a
three-month sea voyage from Taiwan. It is 15 feet high, 13 feet wide
and 38 feet long, according to company spokeswoman Gail Rice.
The truck will travel south on U.S. Route 1 in Searsport into Belfast,
north on Route 141 to Swanville then west on Route 131 to Waldo. From
there, it will continue west on Route 137 though Knox and Unity to
Freedom, south on U.S. Route 202 to Albion, and finally west on Benton
Road to Albion Road in Benton.
The trip is expected to take longer than eight hours and the schedule
might change without notice, according to Rice.
The unit, which will spend the weekend at Mack Point Marine Cargo
Terminal in Searsport, is part of the company's Maine Power
Reliability Program.
The program is a $1.4 billion investment in Maine's bulk power
transmission system, according to Rice. The five-year project includes
the construction of six new 345,000-volt substations, upgrades to more
than 40 existing substations and the installation or rebuilding of
nearly 440 miles of transmission line in 75 communities from Eliot to
Orrington.
The Albion Road substation transformer is among the largest units in
the CMP system. Transformers are used to raise or lower voltage on
electrical systems, according to Rice.
The Albion Road transformer will step down transmission line voltage
from 345,000 volts to 115,000 volts to supply the electrical grid for
communities in Franklin, Kennebec, Piscataquis, Somerset and Waldo
counties.
Central Maine Power, a subsidiary of Iberdrola USA, is Maine's largest
electricity transmission and distribution company, serving more than
600,000 customers.
Iberdrola USA, a subsidiary of global energy leader Iberdrola, S.A.,
is an energy services and delivery company with more than 2.4 million
customers in upstate New York and New England.
Doug Harlow -- 612-2367
dharlow@centralmaine.com
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law
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"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
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