TRANSMISSION LINEAN M. J. ELECTRIC PUBLICATION

SUMMER 2016

I N T E G R I T Y ● I N S P I R E D ● I N V E S T E D

WHAT’S INSIDE

MAUREPAS PIPELINE

HOLLAND ENERGYCENTER

DESERT WIND

MOXIE FREEDOMSWITCHYARD

CPV TOWANTICSWITCHYARD

SYSTEM MODERNIZATIONRELIABILITY PROJECT

WHAT’S INSIDE

MAUREPAS PIPELINE

HOLLAND ENERGYCENTER

DESERT WIND

MOXIE FREEDOMSWITCHYARD

CPV TOWANTICSWITCHYARD

SYSTEM MODERNIZATIONRELIABILITY PROJECT

“I am so grateful to M. J. Electric and Quanta Services for supporting my time and efforts to help the IEEE PES put on one of the premiere conferences in the industry,” says Carl Segneri. “I am excited to get started later this year with the local organizing team from Xcel as we plan for the 2018 T&D Conference in Denver.”

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Carl Segneri (Vice President Business Development, M. J. Electric, LLC) serves the IEEE Power and Energy Society as the Director of the bi-annual T&D Conference and Exposition. Carl works with Tommy Mayne, the IEEE PES Vice President of Meetings, to direct the local organizing committee (LOC) to put together the logistics and agenda for the biggest T&D conference in the industry. Carl had the pleasure of working with Lance Spross from Oncor who was the chair of the LOC and Shay Bahramirad from ComEd who served as Technical Program Chair for this record setting conference held in Dallas from May 2-5, 2016. Planning activities started in August 2014 to prepare for this show.

Topics ranging from transmission strategy to smart grid to home networks and everything in between were covered in multiple technical sessions over the course of the conference. Over 13,500 people from 75 different countries attended this year’s conference. The exhibit floor featured over 900 vendors, manufacturers and service providers from all over the world. The conference started with a bang with a grand opening reception at AT&T stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys.

Achievement AwardEach year the Northwest Indiana Business Roundtable (NWIBRT) and the Construction Advancement Foundation (CAF) honor the hard work and overall excellence of northwest Indiana businesses. This year more than 60 construction companies earned awards for demonstrating excellence across a wide array of categories including safety, performance, and innovation. Among the winners, M. J. Electric, LLC was presented with an Achievement Award.

The companies who received awards at this year’s event comprise a major portion of the economic strength in Northwest Indiana. Their performance, and their incredibly high standards for safety, allow the region to continually grow and remain prosperous. They are major job providers, creative problem-solvers, and well-deserving recipients of these accolades. (Building Indiana)

MJE Executive Leads 2016 IEEE T&D Conference

MJE was represented by (L to R): Andy Beaster, Ryan Muha, Jim Maness, Jim Voss, Jeremy Smith,Jason Ramirez, Tony Broccolo, and Mark Alberson.

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Invest in the Future Scholarship RecipientsM. J. Electric, LLC (MJE) established the Invest in the Future Scholarship Program in 2015 to help further the advancement of the electrical construction industry. Each scholarship awards up to a maximum of $4,000 ($1,000 per year for a 4 year program). Two scholarships are awarded annually, one for a student attending Iron Mountain High School and one for a student attending Kingsford High School.

Steve Feira (Vice President Human Resources) presented the 2016 scholarship to the Iron Mountain HS recipient, Nathanial Carey. Nathaniel has a 3.92 GPA and a 27 ACT score. He will be attending Michigan Technological University and plans to major in Materials Science and Engineering.

Brock Wallis (Director of Operations, MJE Drilling) presented the 2016 MJE scholarship to the Kingsford HS recipient, Michael Anderson. Michael is in the top 10% of the senior class and has a 3.986 GPA and a 28 ACT score. He will be attending the University of Michigan and plans to major in Civil Engineering.

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PROCESS CONTROLS& INSTRUMENTATION

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Alpine Power PlantWOLVERINE POWER COOPERATIVESWAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, LLC

PCI is close to completing their work at the Alpine Power Plant located in Otsego County, Michigan. PCI is installing the instrumentation and performing the checkout work for this 2x0 Simple Cycle 405 MW project. The Alpine Power Plant features GE Frame 7FA.05 heavy duty gas turbines.

St. Clair Compressor Station AwardCONSUMERS ENERGY | MOTOR CITY ELECTRIC COMPANY

PCI was awarded instrumentation work at the St. Clair Compressor Station, comprised of two separate plants, in St. Clair County, Michigan. PCI’s scope includes furnishing the balance of plant instruments, calibration, installation, and tubing. The addition of four new reciprocating engines/compressors rated at a minimum of 4,835 HP each will be installed in the new facility referred to as Plant 3. In addition, both existing plants (Plant 1 and Plant 2) will be fully integrated with Plant 3 allowing complete operational flexibility from any of the three plants to any of the six St. Clair injection fields or gas pipelines. To provide additional flexibility, controls and valves will be updated enabling plant operation on site or remote operation from Consumers Energy’s control facility located in Jackson County, Michigan. With installation of the new engines in Plant 3 and decommissioning the two engines in Plant 2, the station will be rated for a minimum of 32,000 HP, ensuring the station performance requirements are achieved.

Holland Energy CenterBARTON MALOW COMPANY

Industrial, Power & Controls crews have been on site constructing the 125 MW Holland Energy Center since late 2015. Process Controls and Instrumentation (PCI), a division of M. J. Electric, LLC, has now

mobilized at the jobsite to install the instrumentation and tubing scope for the project. The Holland Energy Center is a combined-cycle natural gas facility 2x1 set up utilizing Siemen’s SGT-800 natural gas turbines operating in tandem with two Vogt heat recovery steam generators and a Siemen’s SST-400 steam turbine generator. Completion for Holland Energy Center is set for September 2016. Learn more about the Holland Energy Center at p21decision.com.

Line Rebuild Project CompleteAMERICAN TRANSMISSION COMPANY

Construction on the Lakeview to Kenosha 138 kV Transmission Line rebuild project in southern Wisconsin is now complete. The project began in August 2015 under the supervision of Project Manager Matt Atkinson.

Battle Creek to Island Road RebuildITC HOLDINGS CORPORATION | MICHIGAN ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION COMPANY, LLC

M. J. Electric, LLC (MJE) was awarded the Battle Creek to Island Road 138 kV Rebuild project. The new construction includes 204 direct imbedded structures, 51 drilled pier foundations, and 255 steel monopole structures. Twenty-four miles of single-circuit 954 ACSR conductor, along with new 7/16 EHS shield wire, and installation of 138 kV GOAB 1-way hardware will also be installed. Removal of the 24 miles of existing conductor and shield wire, along with 255 existing wood pole structures is included in the scope. The Battle Creek to Island Road Line spans Calhoun County, Michigan. This project will begin in July 2016 with a completion date set for mid-2017.

Chariton to CorydonITC HOLDINGS CORPORATION | ITC-MIDWEST, LLC

M. J. Electric, LLC (MJE) crews began construction on the new Chariton to Corydon Transmission Line in Lucas and Wayne counties, Iowa. MJE’s scope of work includes approximately 18 miles of new 69 kV single-circuit transmission line with T2-Penguin 2-4/0 ACSR, and DNO-6071 OPGW fiber optic static wire. Construction also includes the retirement of 18 miles of existing 69 kV single-circuit monopole wood structures. The project began in November 2015 with a completion date set for December 2016. This line will terminate into the new Court substation in February 2017.

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PROCESS CONTROLS& INSTRUMENTATION

City Water, Light, and PowerCITY WATER, LIGHT & POWER (CWLP) POWER MAINTENANCE CONSTRUCTORS

PCI has recently completed an instrumentation project at City Water, Light, and Power located in Sangamon County, Illinois. Work consisted of putting loop packages together and checkout on the new igniter projects for Units 31, 32, and 33.

Oregon Clean Energy Center Instrumentation AwardOREGON CLEAN ENERGY CENTER, LLC | BLACK & VEATCH

Process Controls and Instrumentation (PCI) was awarded the instrumentation portion of the 2x1 Oregon Clean Energy Center (OCEC) located in Lucas County, Ohio. Instrumentation installation is estimated to take approximately four months, harboring a completion date around mid-September 2016.

This 869 MW facility will provide electricity for growing manufacturing and residential use. It replaces generation from several aging coal-fired power plants in the region that are being retired. The facility includes two Siemens H-Class Combustion Turbines. The plant provides the most efficient generation capability in the market and significantly reduces air emissions. Natural gas for the OCEC is delivered by a new pipeline from the Maumee hub which provides reliable, economic gas supplies. Water for the facility will be provided from Lake Erie by the City of Oregon. Existing transmission lines are adjacent to the project site.

MJE crews built the OCEC’s associated APV switchyard between 2014 and 2016 and collector yard earlier this year.

TRANSMISSION

Marshall to Blackstone Rebuild UpdateITC HOLDINGS CORPORATION | MICHIGAN ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION COMPANY, LLC

Construction on the Marshall to Blackstone 138 kV Transmission Line rebuild is underway with nearly 75% of the 35-mile line complete. Due to summer loads, re-energization occurred mid-June. MJE and MJE Drilling crews will remobilize in the fall to complete the work which includes crossing Interstate 94 and connecting into the Blackstone Substation in Jackson County, Michigan. The rebuild has included excavation and installation of over 140 concrete foundations by MJE Drilling. MJE crews removed existing structures, conductor, and wire in addition to installing new direct embed steel monopoles, 954 ACSR conductor, 7/16" EHS shield wire, and a combination of single and double-circuit 138 kV structures. The right-of-way for this line traverses a variety of landscape types including farm fields, residential areas, and wetlands. To date nearly 50,000 timber mats have been laid in order to successfully construct this project. The scheduled project completion date is set for late 2016.

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Fox Lake to Rutland AwardITC HOLDINGS CORPORATION | ITC-MIDWEST, LLC

M. J. Electric, LLC (MJE) was awarded Phase II of the MVP3 345 kV Transmission Line project which includes constructing the Fox Lake to Rutland 345 kV Line in Martin County, Minnesota. This line is an extension of the Fox Lake to Lakefield Junction Transmission Line currently under construction by MJE and MJE Drilling.

Fox Lake to Rutland is a double-circuit 345/161 kV line spanning over 13.5 miles. Approximately two miles will have a third 69kV circuit. The 345 kV circuit consists of two-bundle T2-795 kcmil Drake conductor and the 161 kV side is T2-795 kcmil Drake conductor. Extra High Strength (EHS) steel shield wire and OPGW will be installed above the circuit conductors. The project includes installation of approximately 88 weathering steel poles on drilled pier foundations. Construction began in June with a completion date set for November 2016.

System Modernization Reliability AwardWISCONSIN PUBLIC SERVICE

M. J. Electric, LLC was awarded a three-year System Modernization Reliability Project contract by Wisconsin Public Service.The contract began this year and complete in 2018. The work entails distribution underground with some overhead construction. Territories covered include Eagle River and Minocqua, Wisconsin.

TRANSMISSIONTallgrass Energy Stations AwardTALLGRASS ENERGY | PRICE GREGORY

QPS Engineering, LLC, a Quanta Services company, was awarded the EPC contract for the Tallgrass Energy Stations. M. J. Electric, LLC (MJE) was awarded the electrical and instrumentation installations on two new compressor stations for Tallgrass Energy. The two stations are located in South Central Ohio in Pickaway County and Fayette County. MJE is working within an intercompany agreement with Price Gregory International. Price Gregory will be directing the construction of the facility and performing the piping construction, as well as performing the mainline tie-ins on two additional sites associated with the project.

This project is being performed on the Rocky Mountain Express Pipeline (REX). The REX was constructed, and became operational, in 2009 to bring western natural gas to eastern markets. At this time, the enhancement project being constructed is for eastern natural gas from the Marcellus, Utica, and Devonian Shale formations to be transported to Midwestern consumers.

MJE crews will be working with IBEW LU 683 out of Columbus, Ohio for the construction of the station in Pickaway County. Columbus Station consists of four Solar Mars 100 turbines driving single stage compressors. Each turbine/compressor package has a five valve cluster that controls the flow of gas through the compressors. In addition, there are three filter/separators and another five valve cluster at the mainline tie-in area of the project. The site will have a packaged controls building that will house all MCCs, panels, VFD’s battery systems, station control panels, and a generator building that houses a Caterpillar G3516 C natural gas fired generator capable of providing 1500 kW to power the entire station in the event of a power outage, a fuel gas heater building, ten sets of gas after coolers, and an office/warehouse building.

MJE will be working with IBEW LU 575 out of Portsmouth, Ohio for the construction of the station in Fayette County. The Washington Court House site has the same office/warehouse building, filter/separators, mainline valve cluster, packaged controls building and generator building as the Columbus site, but in the compressor building at WCH there are two Solar Mars

90 Turbine/Compressors and one Solar Mars 100 Turbine/Compressor. These have the same five valve cluster requirement for the safe operation as the compressors at the Columbus site. Because there are fewer compressors at this site there are only seven sets of gas after coolers at WCH.

There are several instruments necessary to monitor the performance of the compressors and to assure the safe operation of the facility that will be installed by Process Controls and Instrumentation (PCI) on the site. Construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of November 2016.

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INDUSTRIAL, POWERAND CONTROLS

M. J. Electric, LLC (MJE) was awarded the electrical portion of the Maurepas Pipeline project. Maurepas Pipeline, LLC plans to construct a pipeline system in St. James, Ascension, St. John the Baptist, and St. Charles parishes in southeast Louisiana for the transportation of crude oil, vacuum gas oil, and butylenes between multiple locations. The system will include three separate pipelines as well as three stations located adjacent to the LOCAP tank terminal, Convent Refinery and Norco Refinery.

MJE will provide the conduit system for the incoming power including setting and connections of the main transformer from local utility, and to the Power Distribution Center (PDC) located in the new PDC

building. The PDC building will be furnished with the required motor control center including Variable Frequency Drives for main 2100 H.P. 4160 Volt pump motors and sump. Feeder breakers for auxiliary equipment will also be included in the motor control center. An additional main 52 device circuit breaker will be added to the motor control assembly line-up with Kirk Key interlock between the main breakers to allow for a stand-by generator to be brought in and connected in the event of a power outage. MJE will supply the feeders to the motors, step-down transformers, UPS, distribution panels, and branch circuits to auxiliary equipment not located in the PDC building.

Installation includes cabling to support the skin-effect tracing system; it includes both

heat tracing cable and fiber optic temperature monitoring cabling. In addition, installation includes a complete grounding grid including main grid and taps to equipment and grounding details for interconnect power and instruments connections to the PDC and/or Station Control Panel for station pipeline pumps, tubing, fittings and stands required for pneumatic connections to instruments, and finally a complete conduit system for interconnect power to lighting panel, light fixtures, and light poles.

MJE is working with IBEW Local Union 130. The project is scheduled for completion in May 2017.

Burns Harbor AwardPRAXAIR, INC.

M. J. Electric, LLC (MJE) was awarded the above ground electrical work associated with Plant 9A at the Praxair gas separation facility in Burns Harbor, Indiana. MJE is responsible for power, instrument, and control cabling, the cable tray and conduit installation, and the equipment set, grounding, lighting, and heat trace/winterization installations. Construction began in late April and project completion is set for late September 2016. Maurepas Pipeline Award

MAUREPAS PIPELINE, LLC | QPS ENGINEERING, LLC

Pinnebog Wind ParkDTE ENERGY | ARISTEO CONSTRUCTION

M. J. Electric, LLC (MJE) renewable energy crews are constructing the Pinnebog Wind Farm in Huron County, Michigan. Crews are installing the collection system, tower wiring, substation, and substation foundations. This project features over 23 miles of buried collection line, a dozen junction boxes, and 34 crossings including a 1,100’ bore of the Pinnebog River. MJE anticipates over 36,000 man hours to complete construction.

The Pinnebog Wind Park is one of several wind projects MJE constructed in Lower Michigan’s thumb region, and is intertwined with the Echo Wind Park, which MJE completed in 2013. Construction at Pinnebog began in late 2015 with a completion date of December 2016.

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M. J. Electric, LLC (MJE) was awarded a portion of the Deerfield Wind Farm project located in Huron County, Michigan. MJE will be providing electrical engineering and construction of a 34.5/120 kV collector substation, a 6-circuit underground collection system, conduit and grounding installation of the turbine foundations, and

turbine wiring. The wind farm uses 72 Vestas V110 turbines. Collection system construction began in February with the installation of directional bores. Substation construction started in early June. The project is scheduled to completed and energized in late October.

Switchyard and Collection Substation AwardNEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES

M. J. Electric, LLC (MJE) was awarded the Ketchum Switchyard and Osborn Collection Substation projects located in DeKalb County, Missouri. Construction includes grading, foundations, above grade equipment installation, conduit, grounding, and a 345 kV interconnection between the substation and switchyard. MJE broke ground June 1st and is on schedule for completion in November 2016. Both the switchyard and substation are part of NEXTera’s 200 MW Osborn Wind 1 Wind Farm.

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Desert Wind AwardDESERT WIND, LLC | IBERDROLA RENEWABLES, LLC

M. J. Electric, LLC (MJE) was awarded a portion of the 208 MW Desert Wind project located in Pasquotank & Perquimans Counties, North Carolina. Construction includes the installation of a collector system consisting of 104 Gamesa wind turbine generators and associated balance of plant equipment. PAR Electric, a Quanta Services Company, will be constructing the 230 kV substation. Desert Wind’s Energization is planned for November 2016.

Deerfield Wind Farm AwardALGONGUIN POWER AND UTILITIES CORPORATION | WHITE CONSTRUCTION, INC.

CPV Towantic Switchyard Mini-Substation AwardEVERSOURCE ENERGYGEMMA POWER SYSTEMS, LLC

M. J. Electric, LLC (MJE) was awarded construction of a switchyard mini-substation at the Competitive Power Ventures Towantic Energy Center located in New Haven County, Connecticut. The Towantic Energy Center is a clean natural gas 785 MW 2x1 state-of-the-art dual-fuel combined-cycle electric generating facility using two GE 7HA.01 combustion turbine generators, two heat recovery steam generators, and one steam turbine generator.

Construction includes the design, supply, testing and installation of galvanized steel,bus support, equipment structures, station post insulators, 115 kV dielectric bus support stands, dielectric cable support stands, and motor-operated disconnect switches. Component installation includes nine CT/PT revenue meters, surge arrestors, tubular aluminum bus, strain conductors, damper cable, control and power cables, insulators, disconnect switches, underground and above ground conduit, stand-offs, clamps, wire, junction boxes, panels, and accessories. MJE will also design, furnish, and install all switchyard grounding including ground rods, bare copper conductors, thermo-welds, and connectors; this includes grounding connections to all steel structures in switchyard including fencing and gates.

The project began late March with a completion date set for mid-October 2016.

North Appleton Substation AwardAMERICAN TRANSMISSION COMPANY

ATC awarded M. J. Electric the North Appleton Substation Upgrade project located in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. This substation is a part of the Bay Lake Area regional development that MJE has been constructing for ATC across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan since 2014 and will now focus on Northeast Wisconsin over the next 2+ years. This major upgrade will address many urgent and existing developing needs for improved reliability in the northern portion of the ATC footprint.

This expansion project includes reconfiguring the existing substation to include a new 8-position 345 kV breaker-and-a-half bus arrangement, with provisions for expansion to 10 positions. The existing 345 kV lines to Werner West, Fitzgerald, Fox River, and Kewaunee will be reconnected to the new substation configuration. A new 345 kV line connection to Morgan will also be installed. The existing 345 kV ring-bus and equipment will be removed in conjunction with building the new 345 kV breaker-and-a-half bus arrangement. Two existing 345/138 kV transformers will be reconnected to new positions in the new 345 kV substation and a third existing 345/138 kV transformer will be removed and replaced with a spare transformer currently on site. A new 25 MVAR, 24.9 kV, shunt reactor bank with new circuit breakers will also be installed and connected through a concrete duct bank system to the new transformer.

Various equipment upgrades and replacements will also be completed in the

138 kV substation as part of this project. These include the installation of surge arrestors and CCVTs, the replacement of bus and line-side disconnect switches for circuit breakers, old aluminum bus, bus supports, foundations for new VT junction boxes, a new duct bank system between the existing reactor banks and an existing transformer tertiary, and various other modifications. The project will begin in July 2016 and has a completion date set for late June 2018.

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Moxie Freedom Switchyard AwardCAITHNESS MOXIE FREEDOM, LLCGEMMA POWER SYSTEMS, LLC

M. J. Electric, LLC (MJE) was chosen by Gemma Power Systems to engineer, procure, and construct the 500 kV Moxie Freedom Interconnecting Switchyard located in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. The project includes galvanized steel equipment, two 500 kV SF-6 breakers including gas fill, bus support structures, a dead end structure, associated foundations, shield wire supports/lightning masts, and the take-off and tie-in within the switchyard fence. The interconnecting switchyard obtains power from a natural gas-fired, combined-cycle power plant, nominally rated for 1000 MW, and operating on a General Electric 7HA.02 platform. MJE is the lead teaming up with Realtime Utility Engineers for the engineering and MJE Drilling for the foundations. This project began in early May with a completion date set for late September 2017.

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Killdeer Substation and Foundations CompleteITC HOLDINGS CORPORATION | ITC-MIDWEST, LLC

M. J. Electric, LLC (MJE) and MJE Drilling have completed the Killdeer 161/345 kV Substation and Foundations project in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Construction included site grading, erosion controls, foundations, below grade grounding, raceway, Trenwa installation,

steel structure erection, and equipment installation. Equipment installation included the control building, bus, jumpers, above grade grounding, raceway, control cable, and terminations.

This project is a part of the “multi-value projects” (MVP) work being constructed over an 11-state region. MVP Projects contribute to improved reliability, access to generation sources, system efficiency, and economic investment. Read more about ITC’s MVP projects at www.itc-holdings.com.

Peermont Substation CompletePHI-ATLANTIC CITYGRAYCOR INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTORS, INC.

The engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) project to install a 69 kV gas insulated substation (GIS) in New Jersey is complete. Graycor, Inc. contracted MJE to construct foundations, including the below grade grounding and conduit, and the above ground electrical construction of the Peermont Substation located near Atlantic City. This project was very unique to MJE because the substation had to have the appearance of a vacation home. The substation’s exterior was designed so it would not detract from the aesthetics of the summer holiday location.

Construction included overseeing disassembly of existing power transformers, coordination of temporary power installation, managing substation civil/site work, and material handling. The scope also included erection of GIS and substation building including installation of all 12 kV switchgear and GIS HV equipment. The GIB inside the building including GIB to cable bushings, installation of switchgear, structures, panels, GIS power equipment ground grid system, above grade wall mounted 4/0 bare copper ground ring, and six gas to cable power bushings was also included. MJE oversaw new power transformer installation and finally completed the project with testing and commissioning. Crews finished installing and gassing Siemens GIS equipment, switchgear, relay and control panels, and pulling in and terminating control and power cables. The project was overseen by Senior Project Manager Casey Kimma. The substation was complete in May 2016.

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Robison Park345 kV SubstationAMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER

M. J. Electric, LLC (MJE) recently began constructing the Robison Park 345 kV Substation in Allen County, Indiana. MJE crews are constructing the new 345 kV substation near the existing 138 kV substation which was completed in May 2016. Construction will include grounding, raceway, breakers, switches, apparatus, steel structures, buswork, control cable, lighting, and final stoning and grading of the yard. MJE Drilling is installing the foundations. The 345 kV substation will be complete in January 2017. The Robison Park Substation is part of AEP’s “Powering Up Northeast Indiana” initiative.

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Edison Electric Institute2016 Edison Award American Electric Power (AEP) received the 89th annual Edison Electric Institute's (EEI's) 2016 Edison Award, the electric power industry's most prestigious honor, for its Energized Reconductor Project in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The 240-mile project was possible because of Quanta Energized Services (QES) live-line planning capabilities and North Houston Pole Line’s (NHPL) construction expertise. NHPL was supported in their efforts by M. J. Electric and other Quanta sister companies.

The award recognizes a utility for “distinguished leadership, innovation, and contribution to the advancement of the electric industry for the benefit of all.” This project is an embodiment of the Edison Award because it redefines how a utility company serves their customers. By completing the project in an energized state, AEP did not need alternative generation sources, resulting in an approximate savings of more than $43 million. Completion of this innovative project was eight months ahead of schedule and benefits customers by improving the reliability of the energy grid in South Texas for years to come.

“Our industry is in the midst of a profound transformation, and this year’s Edison Award finalists demonstrate that innovative and groundbreaking projects are underway across the electric power industry,” said EEI President Tom Kuhn. “These companies are delivering the energy future that customers want by building smarter energy infrastructure, providing clean energy, and creating innovative energy solutions.”

A video review of the project is available here: http://bit.ly/28JWt52

Quanta Announces New Subsurface CompanyQUANTA SUBSURFACE BRINGS FULLY INTEGRATED ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION FOUNDATION SOLUTIONS TO ENERGY PROJECTS THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA

Quanta has launched Quanta Subsurface, Inc., a new organization within the Quanta Services group of companies. Quanta Subsurface brings fully integrated engineering and construction foundation solutions to energy projects throughout North America. Quanta claims it achieves the best value for our customers when foundation design is specific to the individual means and methods of each contractor.

By partnering with Quanta foundation contractors Brink Constructors, BWI, Can-Fer, Crux Subsurface, Irby Construction, Northstar, Longfellow Drilling, MJE Drilling and Sharp’s Construction, Quanta

Subsurface can tackle any foundation type, subsurface condition, or access/environmental constraint.

Its full range of geo-structural engineering services is focused on foundation design optimization by matching structure loads to site specific geotechnical conditions. It collaborates directly with the customer and our partnering entities to ensure constructability of foundation designs and adherence to owner specifications.

Quanta Subsurface promotes engineering and construction support through Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) or Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) project delivery methods. The staff is licensed in every state and province, and partnering contractors are strategically located throughout North America.

Additional information can be found at www.QuantaSubsurface.com

Article taken from Transmission & Distribution World Magazine online at http://bit.ly/27VlyAM