美国能源部官员10月26日考察佐治亚电力合作社项目，聚焦电网可靠性投资
佐治亚州迪卡尔布县塔克市消息，美国能源部电力办公室助理部长凯蒂·杰雷扎10月26日到访佐治亚州，考察了佐治亚输电公司与奥格尔索普电力公司正在建设的两处电力基础设施项目。行程包括佐治亚输电公司位于沃尔顿及周边县的中东部佐治亚可靠性项目，以及奥格尔索普电力公司位于门罗县的斯马尔联合循环发电厂。能源部表示，此访意在展示佐治亚电力合作社如何投资关键基础设施，以满足不断增长的用电需求并支持长期经济增长。
杰雷扎在考察中说，美国的能源未来不会自己建成，需要大胆决策、真实投资与把计划变为进展的决心，而她在佐治亚看到的正是为美国人未来几十年所依赖的电力而推进的关键项目。中东部佐治亚可靠性项目包括四条新建高压输电线路、两座新建变电站设施以及对现有基础设施的升级，覆盖沃尔顿、摩根、奥科尼与普特南四县，旨在降低线路过载与停电风险、提高运行灵活性。奥格尔索普电力公司表示，合作社模式让项目收益直接服务于本地社区，具体投运时间以项目方后续公布为准。
DOE official tours Georgia electric cooperative projects Oct. 26, focusing on grid reliability investment
Tucker, DeKalb County, Georgia — Katie Jereza, assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity, visited Georgia on Oct. 26 to tour two power infrastructure projects under construction by Georgia Transmission Corporation and Oglethorpe Power Corporation. The itinerary included Georgia Transmission's Mid-East Georgia Reliability Project in Walton and surrounding counties, and Oglethorpe Power's Smarr Combined Cycle Power Plant in Monroe County. The Energy Department said the visit was meant to show how Georgia's electric cooperatives are investing in critical infrastructure to meet growing electricity demand and support long-term economic growth.
Jereza said during the tour that America's energy future will not build itself, and requires bold decisions, real investment and the resolve to turn plans into progress — and that what she saw in Georgia was exactly the key projects advancing the power Americans will rely on for decades. The Mid-East Georgia Reliability Project includes four new high-voltage transmission lines, two new substations and upgrades to existing infrastructure across Walton, Morgan, Oconee and Putnam counties, aimed at reducing line overload and outage risk and improving operating flexibility. Oglethorpe Power said the cooperative model makes project benefits serve local communities directly; specific in-service dates will be announced by the project sponsors.
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