Crux and TransCo form JV for transmission line project

By Global Infrastructure Sherpa · Mar 20, 2025

Jv Transmission announced Hood River, United States Mar 20, 2025

115 kV

Capacity

rebuild

Stage

Bonneville-Hood River Transmission Line

Project

Crux and TransCo have formed a joint venture to develop a new high-voltage transmission line project. The project will improve grid reliability and facilitate the integration of renewable energy resources.

Source Intelligence

KEY DETAILS

Crux Subsurface installed 27 foundations for the Bonneville-Hood River Transmission Line rebuild. "Ultimately, logging 600 helicopter-hours to successfully install 27 foundations, each of which incorporated four, six or eight micropiles, Crux completed the job in two phases, installing three foundations in 2019 (two for an H-frame structure and one for a monopole) and the remaining 24 monopole foundations in 2020."

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Capacity

the 22.6-mile, 115-kilovolt Bonneville PH1-Hood River No. 1 line begins at the Bonneville Dam and extends easterly to Bonneville Power Association’s Hood River Substation in Hood River.

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Location

the 22.6-mile, 115-kilovolt Bonneville PH1-Hood River No. 1 line begins at the Bonneville Dam and extends easterly to Bonneville Power Association’s Hood River Substation in Hood River.

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Signing

In February 2019, “we received the award to provide micropile foundation design and construction for replacement structures located in extremely steep, rocky terrain,” she said.

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COD

Crux completed the job in two phases, installing three foundations in 2019 (two for an H-frame structure and one for a monopole) and the remaining 24 monopole foundations in 2020.

PARTIES MENTIONED IN SOURCE

Crux Subsurface Inc. subcontractor

"For the Bonneville-Hood River Transmission Line project, Crux was a subcontractor to Canby, Ore.-based Wilson Construction Co., which specializes in all facets of electric distribution and transmission construction"

Wilson Construction Co. contractor

Bonneville Power Administration null

"This was the first project we’d ever done with the Bonneville Power Administration, and it’s since led to additional opportunities."

medium quality Enriched Feb 19, 2026