Path 46

Path 46, also called West of Colorado River, Arizona-California West-of-the-River Path (WOR), is a set of fourteen high voltage (500 kV & 230 kV) alternating-current transmission lines that are located in southeast California and Nevada up to the Colorado River.[1][2]

This power transmission system has a capacity of 10.6 gigawatts from east to west, and sends electric power to Southern California's massive population centers of Los Angeles and San Diego from many different sources, including hydroelectric dams (Hoover Dam on the Colorado River), nuclear plants (Palo Verde Nuclear Plant, near Phoenix, Arizona), and more recently, utility-scale solar plants (Ivanpah Solar Power Facility)[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Google was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "SECTION 4: NEAC STRATEGIC TRANSMISSION DISCUSSION" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2020-09-10. [page 4-6, & 4-9] Path 46: West of Colorado River (WOR) Location: Southern Nevada and Arizona/ Southern California Definition: Sum of the flows on: Fourteen various 500 kV & 230 kV Lines Export Transfer Limit: 10,623 MW Export out of Nevada & Arizona into Southern California Import Transfer Limit: Not Rated
  3. ^ "Paths 41-50". WECC Map of Principal Transmission Lines. Western Electricity Coordinating Council. 2006.