Pacific DC Intertie
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The Pacific DC Intertie is an electric power transmission line that transmits electricity from the Pacific Northwest to the Los Angeles area using high voltage direct current. The line capacity is 3.1
Pacific DC Intertie guyed pylon, Washoe County, Nevada
The HVDC power line in Los Angeles (shorter tower carrying two wires on the right). The power line crosses Interstate 5 near the interchange with Interstate 210 in Sylmar.
The Pacific DC Intertie along a service road paralleling U.S. Highway 395. Many of the towers of the Intertie are of this simple, slender design
The slender tower's base tapers down to a single point that is bolted to a concrete anchor
Sylmar Converter Station
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The Sylmar Converter Station is the southern converter station of the Pacific DC Intertie, an electric power transmission line which transmits electricity from the Celilo Converter Station outside The
Pacific DC Intertie
…near the Columbia River at the Celilo Converter Station of Bonneville Power Administration's grid outside The Dalles, Oregon and is connected to the Sylmar Converter Station north of Los Angeles, which is owned by five utility companies and managed by LADWP. The Intertie can transmit power in either direction, with variations…
Sylmar Converter Station (Sylmar East) with HVDC on the left most tower and Los Angeles alternating current on the towers to the right.