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Red Deer Area Transmission Development

Project overview

Red Deer and the surrounding areas have grown significantly in recent years and the demand for electricity has increased. Transmission system reinforcements are required to make sure homes, farms and businesses continue to have a reliable supply of electricity for years to come.

Project details

The proposed Red Deer Area Transmission Development is divided into five stages.

• Stage 1 – substation upgrades: upgrading six substations
• Stage 2 – transmission line rebuilds: rebuilding nearly 75 kilometres of existing transmission lines in the Red Deer and Sylvan Lake areas
• Stage 3 – new substations and transmission lines: building new substations near Ponoka, Innisfail and Didsbury and building approximately 50 kilometres of new transmission lines near the substations and east of Lacombe
• Stage 4 – removing existing transmission lines: removing approximately 75 kilometres of transmission line from Wetaskiwin to Lacombe and approximately 25 kilometres of transmission line from Red Deer to Innisfail
• Stage 5 - 166L transmission line rebuild: rebuilding approximately 15 kilometres of existing transmission line and upgrading an existing substation near Didsbury

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• Growth in the Red Deer area
• Strengthening central Alberta's aging electric system

October 2012

November 2011

April 2011

Stage 2

January 2013

• Update letter (80L)
• Focus photo map 5 (80L)
• Focus photo map 6 (80L)

• Update letter (80L) 
• Updated map (80L)
• Newsletter Volume 3 (755L)
• Existing structure diagram (755L)
• Option 1 structure diagram (755L)
• Option 2 structure diagram (755L)
• Updated map (755L)
• Existing maps (755L)
• Option 1 maps (755L)
• Option 2 maps (755L)

August 2012

• Update letter (80L)
• Structure diagram (80L)
• Updated map (80L)

November 2011

• Newsletter Volume 2
• Map Volume 2: from Benalto Substation to Red Deer Substation 
• Map Volume 2: From North Red Deer Substation to Red Deer Substation 
• Map Volume 2: from Red Deer Substation to Joffre Substation  

June/July 2011

• Open house information panels
• Newsletter Volume 1 
• Updated summer open house information 
• Alberta Electric System Operator's Red Deer Area Need Overview
• Map Volume 1: from Benalto Substation to Red Deer Substation
• Map Volume 1: from North Red Deer Substation to Red Deer Substation 
• Map Volume 1: from Red Deer Substation to Joffre Substation 
• Piper Creek Substation - telecommunications tower upgrade 

May 2013

February 2013

June 2012

February 2012

January 2012

May 2012 

April 2012 

July 2011