Pattern Energy Group has acquired the SunZia Transmission project from SouthWestern Power Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of MMR Group.
SunZia Transmission consists of a 550-mile bi-directional ± 525 kilovolt high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line between central New Mexico and south-central Arizona, with the capacity to transport up to 3 gigawatts of clean, renewable energy.
SunZia Transmission previously awarded the full 3,000 megawatts of capacity on the transmission line to Pattern Energy. Pattern Energy is developing the SunZia Wind project, a 3,000-plus megawatt facility in New Mexico, which will utilize the SunZia transmission line to provide enough safe, affordable, and renewable electricity to power the needs of 2.5 million Americans annually.
SouthWestern Power Group will maintain ownership of a second 500 kV high voltage-alternating current (HVAC) transmission line, El Rio Sol Transmission.
SunZia Transmission and SunZia Win