TRTP Eastern Transition Station Chino Hills

The Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project is a project involving the construction of approximately of new and upgraded high-voltage transmission lines for transmission of electricity from

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s and other generating units in southeastern

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and

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. The project, developed and operated by

Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International, is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 15 million people with electricity across a service territory of ap ...

, commenced construction on March 7, 2008 and was completed and placed in operation in December 2016. With a capacity of 4,500

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, the transmission system can provide power for an estimated 3 million homes. It passes through sections of the

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, Sierra Pelona Mountains, and

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. State laws requiring SCE to provide at least 33% of its power service from renewable sources by 2020 is driving the project. SCE had no interest in owning the land that the project is on, but needed to construct the transmission system nonetheless to meet the renewable source laws.Southern California Edison Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project Renewable Energy Projects.

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* * tp://ftp.cpuc.ca.gov/gopher-data/environ/tehachapi_renewables/TRTP.htm California Public Utilities Commission page for the TRTP {{Wind power in the United States Energy infrastructure in California Electric power transmission systems in the United States Southern California Edison Buildings and structures in Kern County, California Buildings and structures in Los Angeles County, California Sierra Pelona Ridge R 2016 establishments in California

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