PLAINS & EASTERN CLEAN LINE FILES APPLICATION WITH THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION SEEKING NEGOTIATED RATE AUTHORITY FILING MARKS ANOTHER STEP FORWARD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT TO MOVE CLEAN ENERGY FROM OKLAHOMA TO THE MID-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST.

HOUSTON (June 29, 2012) – Plains and Eastern Clean Line (Clean Line) filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) seeking negotiated rate authority for the transmission project. The Plains & Eastern Clean Line is an approximately 750-mile overhead high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line that will connect clean energy from western Oklahoma, northern Texas and southwestern Kansas with utilities and customers in Tennessee, Arkansas, and other markets in the Mid-South and Southeast. The project will deliver approximately 3,500 megawatts, providing enough energy to power the equivalent of over 1 million homes. READ MORE....