- Trigger
- Data center load growth drove a rescope to advanced conductors at 3,000 A or more
- Best fit TS capability
- High ampacity reconductoring in existing structures
- Recommended action
- Present a 3,000 A conductor optimization package comparing size, weight, sag temperature behavior, structure loading, hardware changes, outage sequence, installation implications, and total installed cost.
Target Accounts
Named projects inside a current planning or funding trigger
Ranked by policy, regulatory or planning trigger, commercial exposure, TS technical fit, timing and influenceability, economic and structure pressure, buyer accessibility, and evidence quality.
Showing 15 of 15 targets.
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- Trigger
- CAISO approved the need but left the conductor versus rebuild choice open
- Best fit TS capability
- Advanced conductor avoiding wood pole replacement
- Recommended action
- Offer a pole by pole PLS CADD and structural feasibility comparison between TS and the standard conductor rebuild alternative.
91
- Trigger
- DOE closed up to $3.26B for roughly 100 projects across about 2,800 miles
- Best fit TS capability
- Portfolio conductor standards qualification
- Recommended action
- Seek a portfolio level technical review and rank projects by existing structure loading, required ampacity increase, line length, rebuild cost, schedule, and conductor lock risk.
88
- Trigger
- Advanced reconductoring within the approved South Bay reinforcement program
- Best fit TS capability
- Capacity increase within existing corridors
- Recommended action
- Fold into a PG&E standards qualification path, and track Segment G coordination before proposing segment level scope or schedule.
87
- Trigger
- Approved reconductoring need in CAISO 2025 to 2026 planning, at least 1,517 A summer emergency
- Best fit TS capability
- 115 kV reconductoring within existing structures
- Recommended action
- Position within the PG&E standards qualification path and offer loading and installed cost analysis against the stated 1,517 A requirement.
84
- Trigger
- SB1006 screening surfaced a roughly 40 mile HTLS reconductoring concept
- Best fit TS capability
- Installed cost competition against HTLS
- Recommended action
- Prepare a line specific installed cost and structure modification comparison and hold it ready for the next scope discussion.
83
- Trigger
- Second roughly 40 mile HTLS concept from SCE's SB1006 screening
- Best fit TS capability
- Installed cost competition against HTLS
- Recommended action
- Extend the same installed cost and structure modification comparison to this line so both concepts can be addressed together.
82
- Trigger
- SB249 wrote advanced conductors into the utility planning framework
- Best fit TS capability
- Evaluation metric definition
- Recommended action
- Provide technical evaluation metric material to the SCC implementation process and to utility planning stakeholders.
81
- Trigger
- Advanced reconductoring identified in CAISO planning for South Oakland
- Best fit TS capability
- Urban capacity increase without new structures
- Recommended action
- Include in the PG&E standards qualification case using urban ROW and permitting constraints as the economic argument, and qualify engineering stage before committing project level effort.
79
- Trigger
- In engineering per PG&E 2026 reporting, construction expected in 2027
- Best fit TS capability
- Double circuit 115 kV reconductoring
- Recommended action
- Qualify stage and conductor status quickly, then either engage on loading analysis or close it out.
POLICY ENGAGEMENTXcel / Public Service Company of Colorado HB26 1081 pathway
78Colorado | Xcel Energy / Public Service Company of Colorado
- Trigger
- HB26 1081 requires ATT consideration in Colorado 10 year plans
- Best fit TS capability
- Measurable ATT comparison requirements
- Recommended action
- Prepare Colorado PUC rulemaking comments and technical material for utility planning engagement before rules are proposed.
77
Procedural status overrides the numeric score. Not an active procurement.
- Trigger
- Real 47 mile HTLS project, placed on hold by CAISO after cost escalation
- Best fit TS capability
- Long span HTLS reconductoring
- Recommended action
- Monitor for release of the hold or a rescope, and hold a cost reduction analysis ready rather than pursuing actively.
76
- Trigger
- CAISO approved the reconductoring project in the 2025 to 2026 plan, about $64M estimated
- Best fit TS capability
- Sub transmission capacity increase
- Recommended action
- Qualify required ampacity and structure condition before committing engineering effort.
68
- Trigger
- DOE posted the environmental review item Sep. 1, 2026
- Best fit TS capability
- 138 kV rebuild conductor optimization
- Recommended action
- Use as a qualification test case for portfolio segmentation rather than an individual pursuit.
64
- Trigger
- DOE posted the environmental review item Sep. 4, 2026
- Best fit TS capability
- Low voltage portfolio segmentation test
- Recommended action
- Hold at monitor. Do not allocate engineering effort without evidence of an open conductor decision.
| Priority / score | Account / project | State | Trigger | Best fit TS capability | Why now | Likely buyer | Confidence | Recommended action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
97ACTIVE / PURSUE | PG&E Dixon Landing / East San Jose 115 kV rescope PG&E | California | Data center load growth drove a rescope to advanced conductors at 3,000 A or more | High ampacity reconductoring in existing structures | Engineering is active now and construction is dated April 9, 2027. | PG&E transmission engineering, standards, asset management, and procurement. | High | Present a 3,000 A conductor optimization package comparing size, weight, sag temperature behavior, structure loading, hardware changes, outage sequence, installation implications, and total installed cost. | View details |
95SPECIFICATION WINDOW | SDG&E TL623C San Ysidro to Otay Tap 69 kV SDG&E | California | CAISO approved the need but left the conductor versus rebuild choice open | Advanced conductor avoiding wood pole replacement | The structural analysis is due in the next planning cycle. | SDG&E structural engineering and transmission planning, with CAISO approving final scope. | High | Offer a pole by pole PLS CADD and structural feasibility comparison between TS and the standard conductor rebuild alternative. | View details |
91ACTIVE / QUALIFY | AEP Texas DOE financed transmission portfolio AEP Texas | Texas | DOE closed up to $3.26B for roughly 100 projects across about 2,800 miles | Portfolio conductor standards qualification | Financing is closed, so project qualification is the only remaining bottleneck. | AEP Texas transmission standards, engineering, and supply chain. | High | Seek a portfolio level technical review and rank projects by existing structure loading, required ampacity increase, line length, rebuild cost, schedule, and conductor lock risk. | View details |
88ACTIVE / QUALIFY | PG&E South Bay Reinforcement PG&E | California | Advanced reconductoring within the approved South Bay reinforcement program | Capacity increase within existing corridors | A strong account level opportunity now, with scope coordination risk to manage rather than wait out. | PG&E transmission standards, engineering, and project engineering leads. | Medium | Fold into a PG&E standards qualification path, and track Segment G coordination before proposing segment level scope or schedule. | View details |
87ACTIVE / QUALIFY | PG&E Lincoln to Pleasant Grove 115 kV PG&E | California | Approved reconductoring need in CAISO 2025 to 2026 planning, at least 1,517 A summer emergency | 115 kV reconductoring within existing structures | A strong standards and specification prospect precisely because the 2034 in service date leaves the conductor decision open. Qualification work done now applies when design begins. | PG&E transmission engineering, standards, and project engineering. | Medium | Position within the PG&E standards qualification path and offer loading and installed cost analysis against the stated 1,517 A requirement. | View details |
84PREPARE / QUALIFY | SCE Pardee to Santa Clara 230 kV SCE | California | SB1006 screening surfaced a roughly 40 mile HTLS reconductoring concept | Installed cost competition against HTLS | Positioning before scope hardens costs little and cannot be done later. | SCE transmission planning and engineering. | Medium | Prepare a line specific installed cost and structure modification comparison and hold it ready for the next scope discussion. | View details |
83PREPARE / QUALIFY | SCE Santa Clara to Vincent 230 kV SCE | California | Second roughly 40 mile HTLS concept from SCE's SB1006 screening | Installed cost competition against HTLS | Both concepts move through the same planning discussions, so prepare them together. | SCE transmission planning and engineering. | Medium | Extend the same installed cost and structure modification comparison to this line so both concepts can be addressed together. | View details |
82POLICY ENGAGEMENT | Dominion Energy Virginia SB249 and IRP pathway Dominion Energy Virginia | Virginia | SB249 wrote advanced conductors into the utility planning framework | Evaluation metric definition | Implementation assumptions harden once the first filings set the pattern. | Virginia SCC staff and process participants, plus Dominion planning and regulatory teams. | High | Provide technical evaluation metric material to the SCC implementation process and to utility planning stakeholders. | View details |
81ACTIVE / QUALIFY | PG&E South Oakland Reinforcement PG&E | California | Advanced reconductoring identified in CAISO planning for South Oakland | Urban capacity increase without new structures | Urban constraint arguments are strongest before a rebuild scope is adopted. | PG&E transmission engineering, standards, and asset management. | Medium | Include in the PG&E standards qualification case using urban ROW and permitting constraints as the economic argument, and qualify engineering stage before committing project level effort. | View details |
79QUALIFY FAST | PG&E Herndon to Bullard Nos. 1 & 2 115 kV PG&E | California | In engineering per PG&E 2026 reporting, construction expected in 2027 | Double circuit 115 kV reconductoring | Specification may close quickly because engineering is active and construction is expected in 2027. | PG&E project engineering and transmission standards. | Medium | Qualify stage and conductor status quickly, then either engage on loading analysis or close it out. | View details |
78POLICY ENGAGEMENT | Xcel / Public Service Company of Colorado HB26 1081 pathway Xcel Energy / Public Service Company of Colorado | Colorado | HB26 1081 requires ATT consideration in Colorado 10 year plans | Measurable ATT comparison requirements | Comments matter most before a proposed rule is drafted. | Colorado PUC rulemaking participants and Public Service Company of Colorado transmission planning. | High | Prepare Colorado PUC rulemaking comments and technical material for utility planning engagement before rules are proposed. | View details |
77ON HOLD / RE SCOPE WATCHProcedural status overrides the numeric score. Not an active procurement. | SCE Julian Hinds to Mirage 230 kV SCE | California | Real 47 mile HTLS project, placed on hold by CAISO after cost escalation | Long span HTLS reconductoring | It is not a now opportunity. It is a watch item with a prepared response. | SCE transmission planning and engineering, subject to CAISO status. | High | Monitor for release of the hold or a rescope, and hold a cost reduction analysis ready rather than pursuing actively. | View details |
76QUALIFY | PG&E Monta Vista to Loyola to Los Altos 60 kV PG&E | California | CAISO approved the reconductoring project in the 2025 to 2026 plan, about $64M estimated | Sub transmission capacity increase | Approved and costed at about $64M, so it belongs in the standards case now. Fit still depends on detailed rating and structure constraints. | PG&E project engineering and transmission standards. | Medium | Qualify required ampacity and structure condition before committing engineering effort. | View details |
68MONITOR / QUALIFY | AEP Texas Uvalde to West Batesville 138 kV rebuild AEP Texas | Texas | DOE posted the environmental review item Sep. 1, 2026 | 138 kV rebuild conductor optimization | The Sep. 1, 2026 environmental review posting dates the project, so it can be qualified now for portfolio segmentation rather than forecast. | AEP Texas engineering and standards. | Medium low | Use as a qualification test case for portfolio segmentation rather than an individual pursuit. | View details |
64MONITOR / QUALIFY | AEP Texas Hamlin to Roby 69 kV AEP Texas | Texas | DOE posted the environmental review item Sep. 4, 2026 | Low voltage portfolio segmentation test | A useful dated portfolio signal, not yet a defensible advanced conductor lead. | AEP Texas engineering and standards. | Medium low | Hold at monitor. Do not allocate engineering effort without evidence of an open conductor decision. | View details |
Priority bands
- 85 to 100: Active pursuit
- 70 to 84: Pursue / qualify
- 55 to 69: Prepare / monitor
- Below 55: Exclude
A procedural fact can override a numeric score. A technically attractive project that is explicitly on hold is not an active procurement.
Score breakdown categories
- Policy, regulatory or planning trigger20
- Commercial exposure20
- TS technical fit20
- Timing and influenceability15
- Economic, ROW or structure pressure10
- Buyer accessibility5
- Evidence quality10