Agreement signed between Terna, the Belluno Province and the Municipalities of Longarone, Castellavazzo, Ospitale and Perarolo
The electricity grid in the Belluno Province will soon have an edge in terms of safety, quality and efficiency due to the reconstruction of 51 km of obsolete electricity lines. Not to mention the environment, which is at the heart of an approach based on sustainability: 59 km of old power lines will soon be removed and 3 km will be buried.
Gianpaolo Bottacin and Luigi Roth, respectively President of the Belluno Province and Terna’s Chairman, signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at upgrading the electricity grid in the northern part of the Belluno Province. The Memorandum focuses primarily on the "feasibility area", i.e. the portion of territory inside of which the route for the new works was identified and in addition to the Province of Belluno was also signed by the Municipal Authorities of Longarone, Castellavazzo, Ospitale and Perarolo.
The agreement calls for the strengthening of the 132 kV grid located in the northern part of the Belluno Province which will allow the local hydroelectric production to be fully exploited, thus increasing the service’s safety and quality in the Belluno production area.
Terna’s activity for the renewal of the electricity grid in the area is also aimed at reducing the environmental pressure of the electricity infrastructures on the territory in order to free urban areas from existing lines, by removing 59 km of electricity lines, burying 3 km of lines and rebuilding 51 km of lines.
The balance between reconstruction and removal work will be equal to -8 km of power lines on the territory of the four Municipalities. For this work, Terna has planned an investment of 40 million euros, which is in line with its Development Plan. However, thanks to the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Terna and the Municipalities of Belluno, Soverzene and Ponte nelle Alpi on March 21, 2009, the total investment in the Belluno Province amounts to 80 million euros and the balance regarding the planned work is assessed at -19 km of power lines on the territory.
July 21, 2010