Bakken Economy -- Electricity Demand Continues To Grow -- May 3, 2021

Updates

Later, 12:27 p.m. CDT: a reader who has worked in the industry; know electricity well writes -- 

Extra-high-voltage (EHV) transmission is defined as between 365kV and 1000kV for AC. EHV lines are used to move large amounts of power across long distances. The higher the voltage, the lower the losses. In addition, by being able to move more power across one line, fewer overall lines are needed for transmission.  

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Bakken economy:

• Basin Electric Power Coop to build 26.5-mile transmission line in Mountrail County;
• $57.4 million; $2.2 million / mile
• old WAG: highways, $1 million / mile; pipeline, $1 million / mile;
• link here;
• to meet growing electricity demand;
• 930-kilovolt line
• from the Neset Substation east of Tioga to the Northshore Substation south of Ross
• 184 steel pole and frame structures