Alex Stephens – Western Area Power Administration

Lineman work from bucket trucks to set replacement wood pole H-frame structures approximately 80 feet in the air. Crews work in the foreground of the image with mountains in the background and a new housing development in the middle-ground.

WAPA upgrades power lines in Loveland, Colorado (video)

Originally built in the early 1950s, WAPA’s Flatiron-Valley 115-kV line has powered Loveland while the community built up around it. WAPA is updating structures for more clearance and better reliability.

Steele monopole transmission structures in a line beginning near the center of the image trailing backward towards the horizon near the bottom of the image. Dry brown mountains are seen in the background. White beekeeper boxes can be seen in the foreground of the image.

20 years of Path 15

Path 15 public private partnership enhanced the transmission grid.

Author: Alex Stephens

WAPA upgrades power lines in Loveland, Colorado (video)

20 years of Path 15

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