AEP to Invest $66 Million in Infrastructure

    American Electric Power is launching a $66 million investment in its infrastructure to upgrade electrical delivery service in Carroll, Tuscarawas and Harrison counties.

    The project includes a new substation in northwest Harrison County called the Yager Substation and upgrades for transmission lines.

    "The main driver of this is the shale natural gas industry," said Brett Schmied, project outreach specialist for Columbus-based American Electric Power. "The facilities there require a lot of power. This project will let them ramp up to that higher level of power that they want to go to. The Yager station is under construction now. "

    American Electric Power, and its affiliate AEP Ohio Transmission Co., will construct a new transmission line of about five miles that will run between northwest Harrison County and the Leesville area of southwest Carroll County. This will be a 138-kilovolt transmission line.

    Also, AEP will rebuild about 15 miles of a transmission line between the Dennison and Scio areas. This project actually will convert the single line into two transmission lines, and upgrade the capacity to 138 kilovolts from the present 69 kilovolts.

    And the utility company will upgrade another five miles of transmission line in the Leesville area so its capacity also will be 138 kilovolts.

    With this investment in infrasture, "the customers will feel the impact because of the additional capacity for energy," Schmied said. "It should decrease outages."

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