TVA Holding Public Meeting To Gain
Input On Proposed Substation

TVA is seeking public input on a draft environmental statement that concerns the potential impact of a new 500 kilovolt (kV) substation proposed to be built near Patterson and about 55 miles of new transmission lines that will pass through Rutherford, Williamson and Maury counties.

The agency will hold a public meeting at Eagleville High School on Oct. 30 from 4 to 8 p.m. to discuss the draft environmental impact statement and to receive comments.

TVA’s preferred new substation location is on an approximate 60-acre site on the north side of Coleman Hill Road in the Patterson community. The property is owned by the Keenan family.

The new transmission lines will include 30 miles of 500-kV and 25 miles of 161-kV lines.

The 500-kV line will be built on existing, but never used, right of way from a 500-kV substation near Columbia to the new substation near Patterson. The new 500-kV line is proposed to cross Horton Highway just north of Webb Road in the College Grove community. It will cross Highway 41-A near the College Grove Road intersection, which is north of Eagleville.

The 500-kV lines would run on lace steel four-legged towers that would probably be from 110 to 120 feet tall, according to Roger Sparry, TVA’s manager of siting and environmental engineering. The distance between the towers would vary according to terrain, but typically they would be between 1,000 and 1,200 feet apart, Sparry said.

The new 161-kV lines would originate at the proposed substation near Patterson and would include nine miles of line to the existing Almaville substation; 15 miles of double-circuit 161-kV lines to the existing Christiana substation, and three miles to the existing Murfreesboro-Triune-East Franklin transmission line.

The 161-kV lines would for the most part be carried on single steel poles that could reach about 90 to 100 feet above ground and would be about 600 feet apart.

The system upgrades are needed because of the projected growth in Williamson and Rutherford counties, according to TVA officials. The agency predicts that the load growth in the two counties will be more than TVA’s system can handle by 2010.

Construction on the estimated $90 million project is projected to start in May 2008 and be completed in April or May of 2010.

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