The event marked the completion of a three-year project that electrically connects NV Energy’s northern and southern service areas for the first time.

ON Line also enables the development of renewable energy in remote parts of Nevada. The bulk transmission line is energised to 500,000 volts and has an initial capacity of up to 800 MW. The line runs from the Harry Allen Generating Station north of Las Vegas to the new Robinson Summit Substation located just west of Ely, Nev. Eleven separate renewable energy projects are now being served by the new line.

Great Basin Transmission South, an affiliate of LS Power, owns 75%of the line, and NV Energy owns 25% of an undivided ownership interest in the project. NV Energy has rights to 100% of the line’s initial capacity until LS Power completes other potential project phases, collectively known as the Southwest Intertie Project.