BPA Transmission to rebuild 75 year old transmission line in Puget Sound area

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BPA Transmission to rebuild 75-year-old transmission line in Puget Sound area

September 24, 2024

A partial map of the Shelton-Fairmount No.1 line, which includes Washington Water Resource Inventory Areas 15, 16, and 22. Photo courtesy of ESRI, CGIAR, USGS, WA State Parks GIS, Esri, TomTom, Garmin, SafeGraph, FAO, METI/NASA, USGS, Bureau of Land Management, EPA, NPS, and USFWS.

BPA progresses in its plans to rebuild the existing 60-mile-long Shelton-Fairmount No. 1 115-kilovolt wood pole transmission line, which is nearing the end of its service life.