Transmission system from Grand Coulee

The transmission system of the bonneville power Administration transmits power from the Grand Coulee project to three major load centers in the states of Washington and Oregon. The project will have an ultimate peaking capability of about 2,300,000 kva, which will result in the largest concentration of electric power from one hydroelectric dam in the world. The immediate problem of transmitting this large amount of power from Grand Coulee to the load centers is to a certain extent overshadowed by the fact that the Columbia River Basin has a possible economical development of over 10,000,000 kw, and whatever circuit arrangements are made at Grand Coulee will influence the planning and design of the other future generating stations and transmission systems.