Chatham to Lakeshore Transmission Line project a year ahead of schedule
Hydro One announced last week that its Chatham to Lakeshore Transmission Line is on track to be completed by the end of 2024 – a full year ahead of schedule.
By completing the project early, the company says it expects to reduce the cost of the project by approximately $15 million.
The project, which is estimated at $253 million, will increase the reliability and resiliency of the entire electricity network in the Windsor-Essex region. The line will add approximately 400 megawatts of clean electricity to the region, or enough energy to supply a city the size of Windsor.
"We're grateful for the collaboration with so many in the planning, development and construction of this line. Working together with Indigenous communities, municipalities, local community members and organizations, landowners and farmers, and our construction teams has supported very efficient delivery," said Andrew Spencer, Executive Vice President, Capital Portfolio Delivery, Hydro One.
Construction began in spring 2023 on the 49-kilometre, 230-kilovolt line between Chatham Switching Station in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent and the new Lakeshore Transformer Station in the Municipality of Lakeshore.
The new line is part of a network of infrastructure projects across southwest Ontario and the next step of a multi-phase approach that will unlock the electrification potential of Ontario's economy.
The line is now anticipated to be in service by December 2024.