Tri-State employees from the environmental, land, transmission engineering and public affairs groups put in a lot of windshield time this fall to publicize a number of planned transmission projects in Colorado. The group has hosted public outreach events in eastern Colorado’s Washington, Weld and Adams counties for three proposed projects.
Burdett-North Yuma 115-kV Transmission Project
An open house held on Sept. 29 in Washington County for the Burdett-North Yuma 115-kV Transmission Project attracted a number of attendees from the area. The proposed line will support increased natural gas production in Colorado by servicing the planned Burdett Pump Station, to be built by the Overland Pass Pipeline Company in Washington County.
Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2012 and be complete that fall. The proposed line would connect the pump station to the existing North Yuma Substation. Partners for the project include the Overland Pass Pipeline, Tri-State and member system Highline Electric Association (Holyoke, Colo.), which will electrically serve the planned Burdett Pump Station.
The next step for the Burdett-North Yuma project is to obtain land use permits from Washington and Yuma counties.
“We’re targeting to file the land use permit application in early December, in time for the December 19 planning commission meeting in Washington County,” said Sarah Carlisle, public affairs coordinator. “The public is invited to the planning commission meeting, during which we will announce the preferred line route.” Continue reading ‘Tri-State hosts public outreach events for proposed transmission projects’
