Press Releases on Path 15 Project

The news releases listed on this page have been issued by a variety of interested parties. At the direction of the Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration is exploring releiving the constraints, but Pacific Gas and Electric owns the existing Path 15 transmission and plans to do necessary substation work. Therefore, their interests are also involved. We will continue to post news releases as they are issued. For more information on any of the topics, please contact the person listed on the release.

DOE

• Construction Work Starts on Path 15 Transmission Line - 09/24/03 (PDF - 78K)
• Energy Secretary Abraham Praises Path 15 Decision by California Grid Operator - 6/26/2002
• Energy Secretary Abraham Praises FERC Approval to Relieve California's Path 15 Bottleneck - 6/12/2002
• Energy Secretary Abraham Announces $300 Million Deal to Upgrade California's Path 15 - 10/18/2001 (PDF - 12K)
• Energy Secretary Announces Success of Federal Plan to Increase Power Transmission on California's Path 15 - 7/23/2001
• Energy Secretary to Announce Success of Federal Plan to Increase State Power Transmission on Path 15 - 7/20/2001 (PDF - 18K)
• Secretary Abraham Continues Action on National Energy Policy with California Path 15 Initiative - 5/28/2001

Western

• Helicopter To Lift Transmission Towers On Path 15 - 06/04/2004 (DOC - 28K)
• Path 15 Transmission Line Contractor Selected - 05/27/2003
• Solicitation issued for Path 15 transmission line work - 2/3/2003
• Path 15 partners sign construction agreement - 1/10/2003
• Western to lead efforts to fix Path 15 constraint; seeks participation - 5/29/2001

Other

• ISO news release of Board approval - 6/25/2002 (PDF - 19K)
• FERC press release of Commission approval - 6/12/2002 (PDF - 10K)
• PG&E news release - 5/29/2001 (PDF - 7K)