Power line to connect TEP’s biggest solar project closer to final approval

The Wilmot Energy Center will be built near these transmission lines along South Wilmot Road, stretching west past South Swan Road. The 100-megawatt solar farm is expected to produce enough energy to serve 21,000 homes annually. / Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

 

A power-line project to connect what will be Southern Arizona’s biggest solar-energy farm to Tucson Electric Power Co.’s grid is headed to final approval by state regulators.

In late September, TEP won approval from the Arizona Power Plant and Line Siting Committee to build a new substation and transmission lines along South Swan Road to bring a future 100-megawatt solar farm and linked 30MW battery storage project online.

The Arizona Corporation Commission must still give its final approval, following the line-siting panel’s approval of a required certificate of environmental compatibility for the project.

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