115-kv transmission line in Ellis Co. is piece of Elk Creek Pipeline
Midwest Energy plans new 115-kv line in Hays; town hall Thursday
Hays Daily News
A 115-kilovolt electric power transmission line going up southeast of Hays is a piece of the new 900-mile Elk Creek Pipeline delivering natural gas liquids from eastern Montana to facilities in Bushton.
Construction of the transmission line should be wrapped up mid-March, according to Brent Luedke, Lyons, foreman for Par Electrical Contractors, Kansas City, Mo., whose crew is building the line.
When completed, the 16-mile transmission line will deliver electricity from Midwest Energy Inc.’s South Hays Substation at 260th and Mt. Pleasant roads to a new substation north of Pfeifer owned by Tulsa Okla.-based OneOK Inc., and part of its major U.S. gas systems network. The substation, north of Pfeifer off Norfolk Road, is currently powered by gas.