2022 LPEA Construction Updates
Each year, LPEA tackles a full range of infrastructure improvement projects to deliver you more reliable power, regardless of weather or season. If a project impacts your property, we will notify you in advance. Our line crews do their best to minimize the impact of projects to landowners involved.
LPEA’s largest projects slated for 2022 are listed below. Click on the + to expand a project.
ALERT: As a heads up, LPEA will be flying an aerial drone in some areas of our service territory beginning in early February 2022. The drones will be specifically surveying our lines and poles and will help us better identify maintenance issues to improve the safety and reliability of your electric service.
LPEA has nearly 2,000 miles of overhead line and 40,000 poles, so the use of drones to survey our infrastructure will save significant time and costs.
The survey work should be completed by July 2022. If you have any questions, please contact our office at (970) 247-5786 during normal business hours.
The project will replace 2,664 feet of single-phase line with three-phase line. This project is expected to save approximately $18,396 annually in line losses.
To improve the reliability of service to the area, we will replace 650 feet of single-phase line with three-phase line. The current cable is 30-years-old and has been experiencing increasing failures.
To improve reliability we will replace 300 feet of single-phase line with three-phase line. The current cable is 30-years-old and has been experiencing increasing failures.
To improve the reliability of service to the area we will replace 610 feet of single-phase line with three-phase line.
We will install 2.62 miles of new overhead lines to replace old and brittle lines. We expect this project to save us 35,040 kWh and $2,628 annually in line losses.
This project will replace 4.4 miles of brittle overhead line that was installed in the 1940s. The completion of this project is expected to save 113,880 kWh hours annually – a more than $8,541 value – by reducing line losses.
The southern portion of the Pagosa Highlands Subdivision is served by multiple lines. They are constructed from approximately 5,861 feet of 40-year-old buried cable. The cable also has a history of faults causing lengthy outages for customers and expensive cable repairs. We will replace this line to improve service to the area.
The Mesa Drive area of the Forest Lakes subdivision is currently served by an outdated line. This project will replace 2,112 feet of single-phase line with three-phase line to improve service to the area.
The Twin Creek Subdivision is served by multiple single-phase lines. They are constructed from approximately 10,019 feet of buried cable. The cable is 40-years-old and had a 15-year design life. The cable has a history of faults causing lengthy outages for customers and expensive cable repairs. This project will replace that cable and improve service reliability to the area.
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is in the process of widening Highway 550 from Grandview to La Plata County Road 302. The project will also replace some small conductor between Sunnyside and Bodo Park Substations. This project will replace 14,055 feet of three-phase line.
Three miles of line will be upgraded to improve LPEA’s ability to redirect power in emergency situations. The completion of this project is expected to save 219,000 kilowatt hours annually – a more than $16,000 value – by reducing line losses.
To accommodate current developments and future growth in the Bodo Park area, LPEA will upgrade the electric infrastructure serving the area. The completion of this project is expected to save 7,600 kilowatt hours annually by reducing line losses.
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The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is in the process of widening four miles of Highway 550 from Grandview to La Plata County Road 302. To accommodate this project, LPEA will move the existing line along Highway 550.
The Ignacio 141 circuit serves the area along Highway 151 from Ignacio to Arboles. In LPEA’s continuing efforts to accommodate future growth in the area, we will improve the final 5-mile section of line that has not yet been updated. The completion of this project is expected to save more than 200,000 kilowatt hours annually – a $15,000 value – by reducing line losses.
