ProjectRegional context
Chehalis-Covington 230 kV Line Upgrade
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BPA transmission project. A project record with the source’s own status, dates and estimates. A proposal or connection request does not establish operation.
2026-07-29
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BPA transmission project
Bonneville Power Administration - Portfolio cycleBPA’s planned transmission upgrades, with published status, cost estimates and expected dates.Definition ↗
- GERP 1.0
- Status
- Design(filed as “DESIGN”)
- Expected energization
- 2028
- Bundle
- CHEHALIS-COVINGTON LINE UPGRADE TO COWLITZ TAP
This project is a proposed upgrade of a portion of the existing Chehalis-Covington #1 230-kV line. The work would consist of replacing conductor on 46 miles of line between BPA’s Chehalis Substation (Chehalis, WA) and Cowlitz Tap (Frederickson, WA).
Justification as BPA states it: Will create additional capacity to support regional load growth, reliability needs and commercial requests for long-term transmission
Line segments
A planning bundle in BPA's Grid Expansion and Reinforcement Portfolio: status, expected energization and cost change with each cycle; not a permit, a contract or a route. Proposed line rebuilds and upgrades as BPA published them for its GERP cycle: expected energization year, estimated cost in dollars and status are BPA's planning figures at publication and change with each cycle; the geometry is the existing line the project follows, not a final route.
Map location unavailable. This plant remains part of the source inventory and tables.
Estimated cost
73,000,000USD
Source & method
The publisher's planning estimate for the project at publication (BPA GERP: nominal dollars as the layer carries it on the bundle, which does not say what it covers; BPA's summaries can state it for a group of projects); not a budget, contract or actual
2026-07-29 · reported · direct · valid · final
BPA's planning estimate as the layer carries it on this bundle at publication; nominal dollars. The layer does not say what it covers; BPA's project summaries can state it for a group of projects (group_name)
Bundle_ID=P05473; layer=lines
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A planning bundle in BPA's Grid Expansion and Reinforcement Portfolio: status, expected energization and cost change with each cycle; not a permit, a contract or a route. Proposed line rebuilds and upgrades as BPA published them for its GERP cycle: expected energization year, estimated cost in dollars and status are BPA's planning figures at publication and change with each cycle; the geometry is the existing line the project follows, not a final route.
Grid Expansion & Reinforcement Portfolio, line projects (Evolving Grid), layer 11
Bonneville Power Administration, Grid Expansion & Reinforcement Portfolio line projects (Evolving Grid), 2026
Proposed line rebuilds and upgrades as BPA published them for its GERP cycle: expected energization year, estimated cost in dollars and status are BPA's planning figures at publication and change with each cycle; the geometry is the existing line the project follows, not a final route.
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