Power Line Projects

Project Summaries Smith to W. Garrard Project

DELIVERING YOUR POWER

East Kentucky Power Cooperative uses 2,800 miles of transmission lines and more than 400 substations to deliver electricity to our 16 member cooperatives who serve members in 87 Kentucky counties. As new homes and businesses are added, demand for power increases, so it is necessary to add power lines in order to ensure that we can continue to deliver power safely, reliably and affordably..

OPEN HOUSES

Transmission project open houses provide forums for the public to review transmission line projects and provide feedback.

No Open Houses are scheduled at this time.

PROJECT SUMMARIES

Clay Lick Junction to Van Arsdell Substation. (Mercer County)
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Toddville 69-kilovolt transmission line & substation. (Garrard County)
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Beattyville 69-kilovolt transmission line. (Lee County)
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Big Creek to Goose Rock 69-kilovolt transmission line. (Clay County)
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Fall Rock to Tyner 69-kilovolt transmission line project. (Clay & Jackson counties)
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Girdler 69-kilovolt transmission line and distribution substation project (Knox County).
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Smith-West Garrard 345-kilovolt transmission line and substation project. (Clark, Garrard & Madison counties.)
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Gap of the Ridge 69-kilovolt transmission line and substation. (Wayne County) More about this project.

SMITH-WEST GARRARD LINE & SUBSTATION

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    Click here to view an overview map of the proposed route for this project.
    Click here to view aerial photos of the proposed route for this project.

Press releases:
> PSC Approves 36-Mile Transmission Line (September 19, 2007)
> EKPC Seeks PSC Approval for Power Line Project (May 22, 2007)
> Route Proposed For Project (May 10, 2007)

Other documents related to this project:
> Macro-Corridor Study: Smith-West Garrard 345-kV, June 2006
       Click here to view an overview map of the alternative study corridors.
       Click here to view aerial photos of alternative study corridors.
> Kentucky Transmission Line Siting Model, Project Report, July 31, 2006
> Selection of Preferred Route: Smith-West Garrard 345-kV, December 2006
> System Impact Study, Generation Interconnection Requests #30-#33, J.K. Smith Combustion Turbines #8-#12 and CFB Unit #1 Project in Clark County, Ky., May 17, 2006
> Updated System Impact Study, Generation Interconnection Requests #30-#33, J.K. Smith Combustion Turbines #8-#12 and CFB Unit #1 Project in Clark County, Ky., Feb.13, 2007
> Comparison of West Garrard 345 kV Substation to Other Construction Alternatives in the Area, Nov. 14, 2006

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about East Kentucky Power Cooperative's transmission lines projects, contact:

Nick Comer
East Kentucky Power Cooperative
PO Box 707
Winchester, Ky 40392-0707

Phone: (859) 745-9450

Email: nick.comer@ekpc.coop