Tierra was retained by the El Paso Electric Company (EPE) to assist in providing the necessary land services to complete the Jornada to Moongate 115kV Transmission Line (the project). Due to high growth in the area, the project was necessary to meet increased demand and involved construction of a new electric transmission line from the current Jornada Substation, on the corner of Thurmond Road and Calle Paraiso, to the new Moongate Substation. The transmission line is approximately 8.8 miles long and was constructed across privately owned parcels, New Mexico State Trust lands, and within City of Las Cruces public rights of way.
The purpose of the transmission line was to increase capacity and create adequate system reliability to meet the East Mesa area’s current and future demands for electric service. Development along the route is occurring rapidly, and the new line provides the required redundancy that the EPE needs to minimize any disruptions to the electric service customers currently receive. Through technical evaluations, modeling, and analysis, project engineers determined that a 115kV transmission line connecting the Jornada Substation and Moongate Substation was critical and necessary for the EPE’s operations.
