The line connects Southwestern Public Service’s (SPS) TUCO substation north of Lubbock with OG&E’s infrastructure in Woodward, the epicenter for Oklahoma wind development.
Total cost for Xcel Energy’s portion of the TUCO line that connects just east of the Texas-Oklahoma border is $205m, which utilities who are members of the Southwest Power Pool will share.
SPP is the regional transmission organization overseeing grid reliability in portions of eight south-central states, including the Texas Panhandle-South Plains region and eastern New Mexico.
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