Latest news and information about Western Area Power Administration's Transmission Infrastructure Program.enTue, 04 Aug 2009 18:00:13 GMTWed, 18 Jan 2012 19:02:48 GMTFeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) unlicensed version http://www.feedforall.comhttp://blog.wapa.gov/wordpress/?p=691Taking another step toward bringing renewable energy to market, this month contractors got back to work on the Montana-Alberta Tie Limited project. After receiving a notice to proceed on construction Jan. 10, Renewable Energy Systems Americas employees, hired by Enbridge, got boots on the ground quickly and began remediation work on some existing structures and line near Helena, Mont.{d8ef780-6e67-cd48-1dc4-935de9d8712d}Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:02:48 GMThttp://blog.wapa.gov/wordpress/?p=684On Jan. 9, NaturEner announced its plans to construct the Rim Rock wind power project, which will bring 189 megawatts of renewable energy online through the Montana Alberta Tie Limited project. NaturEner secured a $320 million construction loan with Morgan Stanley Jan. 9, putting the project on track to be commercially operational by the end of 2012. With the MATL line expected to be placed into service in 2012, Rim Rock will have the transmission access it needs to deliver renewable energy.{6ac6c316-e2ec-b12f-32f9-39991604e38f}Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:01:35 GMThttp://www.wapa.gov/newsroom/NewsRelease/2010/120810_SMRTstudy.htmlDevelopment of about 9,500 to 12,500 megawatts of transmission capacity is technically feasible according to the November 2010 Sonoran-Mojave Renewable Transmission Project (SMRT) Preliminary Feasibility Study, released Dec. 8. {264ed81c-2a62-31ad-e493-f8413d83e682}Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:25:14 GMThttp://www.wapa.gov/newsroom/NewsRelease/2010/101910_TWESOI.htmlWestern Area Power Administration, a Federal power marketing agency of the United States Department of Energy, published a Request for Statements of Interest (SOI) in the Federal Register on Monday, October. 18, 2010, seeking responses from entities interested in transmission service. {ee871129-d690-282d-e637-8712cc10e28f}Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:37:38 GMThttp://www.wapa.gov/Today, there is a greater call than ever for large-scale renewable energy resources, like solar, in the West. Utilities, developers, governments, Tribes and others interested in renewable energy for the Southwest region participated in the Opening Transmission Constraints for Solar Development Locally and in the West (pdf), June 17. Attendees learned about opportunities in the Solar Technologies Program, about Western’s unique borrowing authority for transmission infrastructure granted in the Recovery Act, about transmission opportunities that are developing that could benefit solar development and heard about the large-scale solar developer perspectives. Participants also engaged in an open dialogue about next steps. {ce28a3b-9e51-2045-4222-fc05ccf59fa}Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:04:43 GMThttp://www.transwestexpress.net/news/briefs/030410-Western-Area-Power.shtmlMarch 4, 2010 – Taking another major step forward to advance the development of new transmission in the West, TransWest Express LLC has entered into a non-binding agreement with the Western Area Power Administration to potentially acquire a 50 percent equity stake in the TransWest Express Transmission Project. Under the agreement, TransWest Express LLC and Western are working to define a partnership to construct, operate and maintain the TWE Project – a 600-kilovolt, 3,000-megawatt transmission line that will deliver renewable energy from Wyoming to electric utilities in Arizona, Nevada and California.{43386c01-2fb7-50a5-a9c6-7a7e43012d3b}Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:43:20 GMThttp://www.wapa.gov/recovery/default.htmWestern has updated its Web pages related to the Transmission Infrastructure Program, which was created under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.{488063e3-ccf2-4fd3-b9c1-dfda1120708c}Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:37:44 GMT