The first phase of a new 138 kV electric reinforcement for Franklin County, Va., and Smith Mountain Lake customers is in service. The company energized the 10 mile Blaine-Westlake line and the new Westlake substation in the spring. The projects serve the one of the fastest growing parts of the Appalachian Power service territory. The first $28 million project involves construction of the Westlake Station and 138 kV transmission lines to connect it to the company’s Blaine and Penhook stations. Construction on the Westlake-Penhook part of the project is scheduled to start in the fall of 2008.

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The transmission lines are constructed on single-pole steel structures, and the station uses a low-profile construction with vegetative shielding to reduce the viewshed disturbance (see photos of station and line).

Westlake Project Maps

• Map of project (PDF : 138 KB : get viewer)
• Map: Blaine-Westlake line route (PDF :961 KB : get viewer)
• Map: Penhook-Westlake proposed line route (PDF : 969 KB : get viewer)
• Map: Existing transmission facilities (PDF : 417 KB : get viewer)

Westlake Project Information

• Growth chart (PDF: 12 KB : get viewer)
• Questions & answers
• Right of Way acquisition
• Station and line

Westlake Project Documents

• June 2006 Confomance Review (PDF : 106 MB : get viewer)
  
• Application for Special Use Permit (PDF: 9.23 MB : get viewer)