At Delmarva Power, we care about the communities we serve, and we take seriously our commitment to delivering clean, safe, reliable, and affordable energy for our customers and communities. Every day, work is being performed as part of our strategic effort to modernize and strengthen the local energy grid to better serve our customers. This effort includes dozens of targeted projects to install stronger utility poles and new, state-of-the-art equipment in communities across Delaware and Maryland. These upgrades continue to improve reliability for our customers by reducing the frequency and duration of outages.
Much of the work we do is focused on hardening our local infrastructure against more damaging winds and extreme flooding. Across our service area, we are continuing to see the impacts of more frequent and more severe weather driven by climate change. We are continually analyzing the local energy grid to identify critical infrastructure projects to help communities across Delaware and Maryland become more resilient to the impacts of storms and hurricanes.
To modernize the local energy grid, making it smarter, stronger and cleaner, and to provide more reliable energy service for our customers in Maryland, we are planning critical enhancements to transmission lines running between our Church and Massey substation in Kent County, Md. Construction is scheduled to begin in Spring 2023 and be completed by December 2023.
This transmission line upgrade is essential to meeting the region's current and future energy needs. The project will improve reliability and strengthen the local energy infrastructure. This will improve the quality of energy service for local customers by reducing the frequency of outages that impact customers and allowing us to restore service even faster. For more information on the project, please review our project Fact Sheet.
The Carrcroft to Silverside Transmission Line Upgrade is part of our broader strategic effort to strengthen and modernize the energy grid across our service area. The project includes rebuilding more than 1.4 miles of existing transmission line with new state-of-the-art steel poles and modern equipment. These more reliable structures are designed to withstand severe weather conditions and will enhance service reliability to more than 6,000 customers in New Castle County. Construction for the project is expected to begin in late winter 2023 and be completed by spring 2023. We are committed to working closely with our customers and communities to address questions and minimize potential impacts throughout the project. For more information, please review our project fact sheet. We value all input from our customers and communities. Should you have any questions regarding this project, please contact Vince Jacono at 302-454-4303.
To modernize the local energy grid and provide more reliable energy service for our customers in Maryland, we are planning critical enhancements to the transmission line between our Vienna and West Cambridge substations in Dorchester County, MD.
This reliability project will upgrade nearly 20 miles of transmission line and improve service for more than 12,000 customers while strengthening local infrastructure. This will improve the quality of energy service for local customers by reducing the frequency of outages and allowing us to restore service even faster. For project questions please contact John Petito at 410-251-0483. Construction is scheduled to begin Fall 2023 and be complete by the end of 2024.
For more information on this project, please visit our project fact sheet.
As part of the effort to expand capacity across the local energy grid, we are planning several transmission system upgrades to support the retirement of NRG’s Indian River power plant, the last coal-fired power plant in Delaware. The Vienna to Nelson project will rebuild and upgrade an existing transmission line running between our Vienna and Nelson substations.
This reliability project will upgrade nearly 14 miles of transmission line and improve service for more than 57,000 customers while strengthening local infrastructure. This will improve the quality of energy service for local customers by reducing the frequency of outages and allowing us to restore service even faster. Construction is scheduled to begin Q1 2025 and expected to be complete by Q4 2025. For project questions, please contact John Petito at 410-251-0483.
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