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T ransmission I mprovement For the Red River Valley & West Central Minnesota. Red River Valley Area. Fargo-Moorhead. Red River Valley. Red River Valley. Red River Valley. Load 2004: 1029 MW 2011: 1223 MW 2016: 1315 MW. Red River Valley.
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Transmission Improvement For the Red River Valley & West Central Minnesota
Red River Valley Area . Fargo-Moorhead
Red River Valley Load 2004: 1029 MW 2011: 1223 MW 2016: 1315 MW
Studies Identified Several Critical Contingencies • Loss of Bulk Lines • Center-Jamestown-Maple River • Dorsey-Forbes • Local load-serving benefits • Alexandria • St. Cloud • Loss Reduction of approximately 100 MW Real-time • Installation of Bemidji – Grand Rapids 230 kV Line shows delay of project need by approximately 4 years • Projected need in Fargo area in 2018
Alexandria Area • Loss of Grant County – Elbow Lake Line causes low voltages • Breaker and capacitor addition postpones local-area need until 2013 or 2014 • Loss of Elmo – Inman or Verndale – Wing River also causes problems when combined with Grant County line
St. Cloud Area • Loss of Benton County – Granite City 115 kV DCTL causes low voltages and severe overloads • St. Regis load dropped automatically • Cannot reconfigure Granite City without new area source to provide support