Connecticut Light & Power Co. is moving on a project it says will improve the reliability of electricity and meet increasing consumer demands, particularly in Stamford.
The utility company recently announced plans to install a 115-kilovolt underground transmission line stretching 1.5 miles from CL&P’s Glenbrook substation on Lincoln Avenue to a South End substation on Pacific Street. The project is the latest in a series of upgrades to the electric system in the Stamford area under the Stamford Reliability Cable Project initiative. The improvements will provide another path for electricity to flow and increase the reliability of the high-voltage grid in Stamford, according to CL&P.
“The Stamford Reliability Cable Project will address the growing demand for electricity, in a city that is experiencing substantial economic growth,” said Laurie Foley, vice president of transmission project engineering and maintenance for Northeast Utilities, parent company of CL&P, in a statement. “This work is an important part of a long-range plan, started in 2001, to relieve previously constrained power flows into the region.”
CL&P will work with the city of Stamford to identify the best route for the transmission that would have the least impact on residents, businesses and motorists. The project route will avoid the roads between East Main and Atlantic streets where the Stamford Urban Transitway, one of the city’s recent roadway projects, was just completed.
The construction project will create new jobs and generate significant new tax revenue in Stamford once it’s completed later this year, according to a press release.
The project route will exit the South End Substation on Pacific Street, cross over Dock Street properties and continue to Canal Street, South State Street, North State Street, crossing under I-95 to East Main Street, Crystal Street, Culloden Road, Scott Place, crossing under the Metro-North Railroad to Lincoln Avenue, and ending at the Glenbrook Substation.
