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CPS transmission line to cross Wilson, Karnes counties
CPS Energy plans to rebuild its existing single-circuit 345kV transmission infrastructure — constructed in the 1970s — into a new double-circuit 345kV transmission infrastructure. The line will connect the CPS Energy Spruce Station in Bexar County to the STEC Pawnee Station in Karnes County by crossing Wilson County; the approximately 46-mile project is estimated to cost 6 million. The new line, by adding another electric transmission pathway between generation resources and burgeoning population centers, should make the Texas electric grid stronger and more reliable, according to CPS Energy. Information about the proposal was presented at an open house in Floresville...