PPL and PSEG assigned baseline project with PJM id’s:
- PPL b0487 and b0487.1
- PSEG b0489 and b0489.1 through b0489.9
Scope:
- Build a new 500 kV transmission line Susquehanna – Lackawanna – Hopatcong – Roseland.
- In PA, upgrade of six 230kV and one 500kV substations as well as one new 500kV substation with 500/230 kV transformation at Lackawanna
- In NJ, upgrade a 230kV and install two 500kV substations one with 500/230kV transformation at Roseland.
Need: Based on the PJM analysis of 2012, the Susquehanna – Roseland project is required to resolve reliability criteria violations starting June 1, 2012
Permits:
- Construction and Right-of-way permit applications have been submitted to the National Park Service and the NEPA process is ongoing. Current schedule for the Record of Decision (ROD) from the National Park Service is Fall 2012.
- PSEG obtained written approval of the Project from NJ BPU on April 2010; issuance of a NJDEP Wetland and Flood Hazard Area Permits has been delayed.
- PPL obtained written approval of the project from PA PUC on February 12, 2010.
- On July 11, 2011, the Commonwealth Court issued an opinion affirming the Pennsylvania PUC's order that approved the siting and construction of the Pennsylvania portion of the Susquehanna-Roseland 500 kV transmission line. In affirming the Commission's order, the Court rejected the Energy Conservation Council's challenge to the need for the line and the Office of Consumer Advocate's challenge to beginning any construction of the line before all federal and state approvals have been obtained.
Energization:
- PJM required in service: 06.01.2012.
- PPL is now targeting in-service of April 2015.
- PSE&G - The National Park Service review of that portion of the Project to be built in the Delaware Water Gap National Park is currently anticipated to be concluded in January 2013. Based on the anticipated completion of the NPS review, the Roseland to Hopatcong portion of the Project is currently expected to be in-service by June 2014. The remainder of the Project is anticipated to be completed by June 2015.
Land Acquisition:
- PA 95% of additional right of way required for the project has been secured
- PSE&G NJ minus additional right of way has been completed
Engineering / Design:
- Overhead Transmission Design: PPL 95% complete, PSEG 94% complete
- Substation Design PPL 45% complete, PSEG 30% complete
Equipment Procurement / Delivery:
- Material contracts awarded through the fourth quarter of 2011: PPL 75%, PSEG 50%
- Additional amterial contracts scheduled to be awarded in 2011: PPl 0%, PSEG 0%
Construction:
- PPL plans to start major overhead construction early 2013 pending receipt of all required permits
- PSEG 230kV inside plant upgrade work continues at the Roseland substation. Fifteen of the eighteen breakers and associated disconnects have been installed and tested with the remaining three scheduled to be completed this yer.
Outages:
- PSE&G has submitted required 230kV outages from Roseland to Kittatinny
- All future PPL outages are being evaluated for revised scheduled in-service date.