TNews Staffwriter
Chugach Electric, the electric utility that serves the Turnagain Arm, is continuing work on the replacement of the Girdwood to Indian transmission line. This work is happening in the wetlands between the Seward Highway and the Alaska Railroad track and intersects Toadstool Drive. Chugach has contracted with Sturgeon Electric to complete the work.
The Girdwood to Indian transmission line covers approximately 12 miles of the utility’s Quartz Creek Transmission Line, a 90.4-mile line that runs from Cooper Landing to Anchorage. This line was built 64 years ago and is reaching its end of life, and Chugach has been replacing the line in sections. Approximately 36 miles of the line had already been replaced prior to the start of the Girdwood to Indian section, and this is the sixth section to be replaced. Once completed, this piece of critical infrastructure will ensure reliability between hydroelectric plants on the Kenai Peninsula and power plants in the Anchorage area…