Southern California Edison Selects Quanta Services for Construction of Devers-Palo Verde 2 Transmission Project

HOUSTON, Nov. 16, 2011 /Solar Energy News/ -- Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR) today announced that Southern California Edison (SCE) has selected PAR Electrical Contractors, Inc., a Quanta Services operating unit, to construct transmission infrastructure for SCE's Devers-Palo Verde 2 (DPV2) transmission project. Quanta's scope of services for the project consists of the construction of a new, 153-mile, 500 kilovolt electric transmission line in an existing corridor. Construction is expected to begin by the end of the fourth quarter of 2011 and line construction activities are estimated to be complete in the third quarter of 2013.

"Under the contract, Quanta will perform construction activities related to the construction of the transmission line portion of the project," said David Mead, Edison senior vice president, transmission and distribution. "The Devers-Palo Verde No. 2 project will provide interconnection and electrical transmission for numerous solar energy generators proposed for construction near Blythe, Calif."

The main component of the project consists of building a new 111-mile, transmission line between SCE's Devers substation near Palm Springs and the new Colorado River Substation, near Blythe, Calif. The project also includes a new 42-mile, 500 kilovolt transmission line between Devers Substation and SCE's Valley Substation in Menifee, Calif.

"We are proud to have been chosen for the transmission line portion of the DPV2 project by SCE, which, once completed, will contribute to California meeting its aggressive renewable energy goals by 2020," said Jim O'Neil, president and chief executive officer of Quanta Services. "SCE is a longtime customer of Quanta, and the DVP2 project expands on the existing transmission work we are performing for them."