Dive Summary:

• Lubbock, Texas’ Utility Board gave the initial go-ahead to the beginning of a $26 million electrical loop aimed to provide security to the city’s power grid.
• The plan was put forth by Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L), who will construct the first half of a 15-mile loop connecting three of Lubbock’s four power substations.
• According to LP&L, the loop will add a 230-kilovilt line of security to the city’s transmission system and would protect the system from a single substation’s malfunction causing a widespread outage.

From the article:

Lubbock’s Utility Board gave an initial nod to the beginning of a $26 million electrical loop aimed to provide security to the city’s power grid.

The board accepted Lubbock Power & Light staff plans to construct the first half of an approximately 15-mile loop connecting three of Lubbock’s four power substations in South and West Lubbock at a cost of about $12.7 million likely to be financed with new bonds in 2013, LP&L Chief Executive Officer Gary Zheng said. ...