PJM approved a new transmission line in and out of the Bramah substation as part of the construction of the new Peach Bottom-Bramah-Delta York 500 kV line. The project is needed to enable the timely energization of the Bramah substation.
The Bramah substation is necessary to mitigate generator deliverability violations in the Peach Bottom-Conastone area and to provide needed upgrades to the Peach Bottom-Conastone 500 kV corridor. The local transmission owner, PECO, will be designated to conduct this work.
Thee Valley Link Joshua Falls-to-Yeat transmission line project being built in Virginia by Transource, Dominion Energy and FirstEnergy, the Yeat substation will relocate further south by approximately 15 miles, reducing the Joshua Falls-Yeat 765 kV greenfield line to 115 miles (from the original 156 miles) and will no longer pass the planned Vontay substation. This scope change results in a cost decrease of $259.84 million.
Click Here for the PM announcement and more details of these and other transmission projects approved.
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[Posted: July 17, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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