Engineering:Lake Erie Connector

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Short description: Pennsylvania's electrical power grid


Route of the Lake Erie Connector.

The Lake Erie Connector is a conduit under Lake Erie, connecting Ontario's electrical power grid with Pennsylvania's electrical power grid.[1] The conduit will be 117 kilometres (73 mi) long, going from Nanticoke, Ontario to Erie County, Pennsylvania.[2] It is designed to carry up to 1,000 Megawatts.

The connector is budgeted at US$1 billion.[3]

Energy planners first started to work on the project in 2004.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Sarah Reid (2017-06-30). "What the Lake Erie Connector project could mean for your hydro bill: The federal government last week approved a transmission line that would run under Lake Erie from Ontario to Pennsylvania. But will it mean lower electricity prices?". TV Ontario. http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/the-next-ontario/what-the-lake-erie-connector-project-could-mean-for-your-hydro-bill. Retrieved 2017-07-03. "Last week, the federal government approved the Lake Erie Connector project, a 1,000-megawatt transmission line to be buried under the lake, sending electricity 117 kilometres back and forth between Nanticoke, Ontario, and Erie County in Pennsylvania." 
  2. ↑ "Lake Erie Connector Project: Draft Environmental Assessment". United States Department of Energy. June 2016. https://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2016/06/f32/EA-2019%20Lake%20Erie%20Connector%20DEA%20Vol%201%202016-06.pdf. Retrieved 2017-07-03. 
  3. ↑ Jamison Hixenbaugh (2017-06-28). "Canadian Government Approves $1 Billion Lake Erie Connector Project". Erie News Now. http://www.erienewsnow.com/story/35774018/canadian-government-approves-1-billion-lake-erie-connector-project. Retrieved 2017-07-03. 
  4. ↑ Jay Greene (2017-06-28). "Novi-based ITC to build transmission line under Lake Erie". Crain's Detroit. http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20170628/news/632806/novi-based-itc-build-transmission-line-under-lake-erie. Retrieved 2017-07-03. "Novi-based ITC Holding Corp. is embarking on a new path in its 14-year history to build a 73-mile, $1 billion high-voltage direct current transmission line under the waters of Lake Erie that will connect the energy markets of Pennsylvania with Ontario." 




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