Reducing the cost of updating aging facilities
Kansai Electric Power Transmission and Distribution, Chubu Electric Power Grid (PG), and Hokuriku Electric Power Transmission and Distribution announced on the 30th that they are part of a plan to optimize facility formation, such as discontinuing transmission lines that are close to the power systems of the three companies. , announced that most of the Kansai trunk line, which has been in operation for more than 90 years, will be abolished. The abolition date is assumed to be FY2028. By installing a new short-distance transmission line that connects to other grids as an alternative route, there is no need to update the Kansai trunk line. Reduce costs related to aging countermeasures while maintaining supply reliability.
The Kansai Trunk Line operated by Kansai Transmission and Distribution is a 154,000V transmission line that connects the Oi Switching Station (Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture) and the Shin-Nara Substation (Yamatokoriyama City, Nara Prefecture) from east to west. With a total length of 188 kilometers, approximately 140 kilometers of transmission lines and 517 steel towers on the Nara Prefecture side will be abolished or removed.
