Appalachian Power will hold an open house next month to provide information about electric grid upgrades designed to accommodate Google’s data center project in Botetourt County, among other goals.
The open house will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. June 3 at Read Mountain Middle School, 182 Orchard Hill Drive in Cloverdale. No formal presentation is planned; attendees are encouraged to come and go any time during the event. The company also has a virtual open house feature on its website.
Appalachian Power’s Daleville Area Transmission Improvements Project aims to upgrade or rebuild 17 miles of 138-kilovolt transmission line; build another tenth of a mile of new 138-kilovolt transmission line; upgrade the Botetourt, Cloverdale, Mount Union and Trinity electric substations; and build a new substation…