Alberta PowerLine wins $1.4B transmission contract
by The Canadian Press
The deal covers building and operating a 500-kilovolt transmission project in Fort McMurray, Alta.
CALGARY—The Alberta PowerLine Ltd. Partnership has been awarded a contract to build and operate a 500-kilovolt transmission project in Fort McMurray, Alta.
The partnership between Alberta-based Canadian Utilities Ltd. and U.S.-based Quanta Capital Solutions Inc. had submitted a $1.433-billion bid for the Fort McMurray West project. The bid would involve the partnership designing, building, financing, operating and maintaining the facility for 35 years.
The Alberta Electric System Operator, which awarded the contract, had originally pegged construction costs of the project alone at $1.6 billion.
The project will consist of 500 kilometres of transmission line between the Wabamun, west of Edmonton, and Fort McMurray. It will also include two new 500-kilovolt substations.
Construction for the project is expected to begin in 2017 pending the necessary projects, with completion scheduled for 2019.
