Project Background

Licking Rural Electrification, Inc. (LRE) filed a letter of notification application (Application) with the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) (Case No. 26-972-EL-BLN) proposing the Grove’s Corner 138-kilovolt (kV) Temporary Transmission Line Project (Project), in the City of New Albany and City of Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio. The Project consists of constructing an approximate 0.9-mile temporary 138-kV transmission line. The Project is required to support a customer’s new development in the area.

The 138kV Temporary Transmission Line will be installed on wood poles within existing utility rights-of-way (ROW) starting at Green Chapel Rd and Clover Valley Rd and continuing Northeast in the existing utility ROW to the existing LRE Groves Corner Substation.

Following the completion of permanent transmission service by AEP, the LRE Temporary Transmission Line will be removed, and the area returned to prior use.