Corporate Social Responsibility | Business Wire | PR NewsWire | Marketwire | Realwire | ACN/JCN newswire | 247pressrelease | PRWeb

Allegheny Power Invests Over $150 Million in West Virginia for Reliability Improvement Projects

GREENSBURG, Pa. - 
      Allegheny Power, the energy delivery business of Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: 
      AYE), is completing $156 million in infrastructure improvements and 
      new construction in West Virginia over the past two years. Allegheny 
      works year-round to ensure reliable electric servic
Posted : Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:46:04 GMT
Author : Allegheny Energy
Category : Press Release
News Alerts by Email ( click here )
Press Release News | Home
GREENSBURG, Pa. - (Business Wire) Allegheny Power, the energy delivery business of Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE), is completing $156 million in infrastructure improvements and new construction in West Virginia over the past two years. Allegheny works year-round to ensure reliable electric service for its customers, including more than 500,000 homes and businesses in The Mountain State.

“Our primary responsibility is to ensure that reliable electricity is available at a flip of the switch or push of a button – regardless of whether it’s a sweltering summer day in Parkersburg or a snowy winter night in Berkeley Springs,” said Rodney Dickens, President of Allegheny Power. “We are continuously working to monitor, maintain and improve Allegheny’s electric system in order to provide our customers with high quality service.”

The company’s comprehensive service reliability program includes: inspection and preventative maintenance of lines, substations and other electrical equipment; investment in infrastructure improvements; tree trimming; employee training; and testing and updating of operations and support systems. Infrastructure upgrades in West Virginia include:

  • $72 million in transmission and distribution investment for installing new service or expanding existing service for customers;
  • $51 million for transmission line and substation projects, excluding the new TrAIL and PATH transmission line projects;
  • $17 million for distribution maintenance and reliability improvement projects; and
  • $10 million for replacing distribution equipment, such as overhead lines, underground cable, meters and utility poles.

Among the more than 15 critical projects completed in West Virginia were:

  • Replacing circuit breakers at substations in Harrison, Monongalia, Wood, Hancock and Berkeley counties.
  • Installing or replacing transformers at three substations in Greenbrier County and two substations in Marion County, as well as substations in Hardy, Hampshire and Doddridge counties.
  • Rehabilitating a transmission line in Wood and Wirt counties.
  • Installing a new transformer and upgrading lines at a substation in Monongalia County.
  • Replacing conductors on a transmission line in Berkeley County.
  • Extending 138-kilovolt service to a substation at the Fort Martin power plant in conjunction with the scrubber project at the Monongalia County facility.
  • Constructing new distribution circuits or upgrading existing circuits in the Sabraton, Charles Town and Shepherdstown areas to address commercial and residential load growth.
  • Installing additional fuses, switches and fault indicating devices on more than 260 distribution circuits throughout the service territory. The devices pinpoint problem areas, helping to restore service quickly.

In addition, Allegheny spent almost $26 million since September 2008 for vegetation management activities in its service territory in West Virginia’s northern and eastern panhandle regions. Trees contacting power lines and other electric facilities are a major cause of service interruptions, especially during storms and other severe weather.

The company’s investment for infrastructure improvement and new construction in 2008 and 2009 in its four-state service territory will total more $360 million, excluding the TrAIL and PATH projects.

Allegheny Energy

Headquartered in Greensburg, Pa., Allegheny Energy is an investor-owned electric utility with total annual revenues of over $3 billion and more than 4,000 employees. The company owns and operates generating facilities and delivers low-cost, reliable electric service to approximately 1.6 million customers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia. In West Virginia, Allegheny has more than 510,000 customers and 1,750 employees and serves all or parts of 47 counties in the northern and eastern panhandle regions of the state. Visit the company’s web site at www.alleghenyenergy.com for more information.

Allegheny Power
Jeffrey Straight, Corporate Communications, 724-838-6463
Media Hotline: 1-888-233-3583
E-mail: jstrai4@alleghenypower.com


Copyright © 2008 Business Wire. All rights reserved.
Share/Save/Bookmark

Article : Allegheny Power Invests Over $150 Million in West Virginia for Reliability Improvement Projects
Print this article
Share this article

Stay Updated

News gadget on your Google homepage
Subscribe to a news feed in Google Reader



Related News

Video: The Charmin(R) Restrooms Return to Times Square This Holiday Season to Help Consumers Really 'Enjoy The Go'
NEW YORK, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Charmin Restrooms® returned to Times Square for the fourth consecutive year, giving tourists and local New Yorkers a free, clean and family friendly place to "enjoy the go." Television personality and author Mario Lopez...

Flowserve Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.27 Per Share
DALLAS - Flowserve Corp. (NYSE: FLS), a global leader in the fluid motion and control industry, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the payment of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.27 per share on the company's outstanding shares of common stock. The dividend is p

OptumHealth Acquires PPC Worldwide to Serve Growing Global Demand for Mental Health and Wellness Support
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - OptumHealth Inc., a UnitedHealth Group company (NYSE: UNH), announced today that it has acquired leading global employee assistance program (EAP) provider PPC Worldwide. As workforces become more global, the acquisition responds to increasing demand around the world fo

Vistage Applies the Social Media Buzz to Business
SAN DIEGO - In a recent survey by Vistage International, 55 percent of CEOs said they’re using or plan to use social media to market or publicize their business, product or service in the coming year. With that number growing every day, how can your business capitalize on the social me

Community Mortgage Lenders of America Warns: Congress Will “Pull the Plug” on Main Street Lenders
WASHINGTON - The Community Mortgage Lenders of America (CML America) today released a letter (see the attached) to congressional leaders warning that proposals under consideration by Congress will have a devastating effect on mortgage lending and increase risk in the mortgage system.

Bill Moisson Joins McGuire Real Estate
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- 11/23/09 -- McGuire Real Estate, a San Francisco-based real estate company specializing in luxury real estate, announced the appointment of Bill Moisson as sales associate in its Bluxome office at 17 Bluxome Street. M..

Norcraft Holdings, L.P. Receives Requisite Consents in Consent Solicitation for 9.75% Senior Discount Notes due 2012
EAGAN, Minn. - Norcraft Holdings, L.P. (the “Company”) announced today that, in connection with its previously announced solicitation for consents of registered holders of its and Norcraft Capital Corp.’s 9.75% Senior Discount Notes due 2012 (the “Notes”), it ha

Have your Say
Name
Email
Subject
Your Comment

Enter Verification code
 
  

 
Follow The Earth Times
Subscribe to RSS Follow Earth Times on TwitterNews by email
Share/Save/Bookmark
 
 



 
Subscribe to free Earthtimes
News Alerts by Email Click here
For RSS Feeds Click here
or Create your own RSS

Add to Google Toolbar
Breaking News
Press Releases

 


The Earth Times
News Category

© 2009 www.earthtimes.org, The Earth Times, All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy
Earth Times accept no responsibility or liability either directly or indirectly for views or opinions expressed in articles or comments.