Planning and installation of the 138 kV South Padre Island submarine cable

Journal Article · Fri Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/61.248272· OSTI ID:5445344

Cooper, J H ^[1]; Polasek, M J ^[2]

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1. Power Technologies Inc., Wilmerding, PA (United States)
2. Central Power and Light Co., Corpus Christi, TX (United States)

This paper describes the planning, design and installation phases of a 138 kV submarine cable project which was recently completed by Central Power and Light (CPL) to improve the service reliability of South Padre Island and the town of Port Isabel. The project presented unique installation problems due to the shallow water depths combined with the necessity to minimize the environmental impact to sea grasses during the cable installation. This project resulted in the longest 138 kV extruded dielectric submarine cable circuit in the US.

• OSTI ID: 5445344
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 8:4; ISSN 0885-8977; ISSN ITPDE5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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