City of San Jose/LSPower

City will gain 17 miles of new power infrastructure from LS Power to boost redundancy, enable more building and transportation electrification and add more renewables, 

San José, Calif., has approved a franchise agreement with energy infrastructure developer-operator LS Power to construct two major electric transmission infrastructure projects that will significantly strengthen the city's grid reliability, support economic development and advance climate and electrification goals, it said March 24. Construction is set to begin shortly and be completed by December 2028. 

Selected by California grid operator CAISO to meet critical reliability needs in the South Bay, the projects will add about 2 GW of transmission capacity via 17 miles of new transmission infrastructure between two existing substations, including a 12-mile underground section. According to a statement from the city, “the projects will enhance redundancy and enable bidirectional power flow, ensuring residents and businesses have access to reliable electricity even during periods of peak demand or unexpected outages.”