The Mead substation is a major electric power interconnection point in the western
United States
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. The station is located in the
El Dorado Valley of
Nevada
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just outside of
Boulder City
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, at the end of Buchanan Boulevard south of its grade separation with
Interstate 11
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. The facility is owned and operated by the
Western Area Power Administration
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.
Interconnects
* 2× 230 kV Amargosa substation (WAPA) to
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()
* 230kV
Camino substation East line
(
Metropolitan Water District
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)
Path 58
* 230kV Camino substation West line
(Metropolitan Water District)
* 230kV
Eldorado substation line 1
* 230kV Eldorado substation line 2
* 2× 230 kV McCullough substation (LADWP)
* 230kV
Newport substation line 1 (
Colorado River Commission) serving the
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pumping station ()
* 230kV Newport substation line 2 (Colorado River Commission)
[
* 230 kV etcetera
* 287kV Victorville ]Path 46
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* 345kV to Liberty substation near Phoenix, Arizona ()
* 500kv Harry Allen Generating Station
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Substation ()
* 500kV Marketplace substation[
* 500kV Perkins substation]
Power plants
* 230kV Hoover No. 5, [
* 230kV Hoover No. 8, ][
]
Heliport
The station includes a heliport located at .
Notes
{{Energy resource facilities in Nevada
Buildings and structures in Clark County, Nevada
Western Interconnection
Energy infrastructure in Nevada