BEDFORD/CAMPBELL COUNTY (WFXR) – Some residents in Bedford and Campbell Counties are receiving power from a line built in the 1940’s. These outdated lines lead to outages and unreliable power to county residents.
The Appalachian Power Company (APCo) is bringing major upgrades to the transmission system in the area.
This new upgrade is part of the New London-Otter Transmission Line Rebuild Project. APCo says the project involves rebuilding approximately 14 miles of 138-kilovolt (kV) electric transmission line with modern equipment to reduce outages, increase capacity and improve reliability…