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- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
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Interconnector
United States (US-NW-BPAT) – United States (US-CAL-CISO) interconnection
12th-largest interconnector in United States of 159 · top 17% worldwide (#118 of 704)
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 2,546 MW
- Length
- 876 km
- Connects to
- United States
- Reverse capacity
- 1,335 MW
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · United States · 159 ranked
- #1United States (US-MIDW-MISO) – United States (US-MIDA-PJM) interconnection10.1 GW
- #10United States (US-MIDW-MISO) – United States (US-TEN-TVA) interconnection2.9 GW
- #11United States (US-NW-BPAT) – United States (US-NW-PSEI) interconnection2.9 GW
- #12United States (US-NW-BPAT) – United States (US-CAL-CISO) interconnection2.5 GW
- #13United States (US-MIDW-AECI) – United States (US-CENT-SWPP) interconnection (planned)2.5 GW
- #14United States (US-MIDW-MISO) – United States (US-CENT-SWPP) interconnection (planned)2.5 GW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Mexico – United States (US-CAL-CISO) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 800 MW
- United States (US-CAL-BANC) – United States (US-CAL-CISO) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 1.1 GW
- United States (US-SW-AZPS) – United States (US-CAL-CISO) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 1.5 GW
- 200 kV HVDC line5.2 km · Transmission Line
- Digital Realty San Francisco SFO105.5 km · Data Centre
- 365 Main Street Data Center6.0 km · Data Centre
- 360 Spear Street Data Center6.1 km · Data Centre
- Port of Oakland Coal Terminal15 km · Export Terminal
- Dynegy Oakland Power Plant15 km · Power Plant · 149 MW · oil
- Richmond Port Coal Terminal19 km · Export Terminal
- Levin-Richmond Terminal20 km · Export Terminal
- Richmond Refinery20 km · Refinery · 245 kb/d
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Assumption that the max hourly interchange value reached between Jan 2019 - Dec 2023 is representative for available transmission capacity between BA's. — No planned interconnections oulined in the Ready-To-Go Transmission Projects 2023 report.
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)