The use of 3M™ ACCR can save you money and time on your thermal upgrade project.
You need to get the power to your customers on time, in budget and with as little risk to the system and the company as possible. Yet, increasing population density, environmental concerns and lack of available land makes your job more challenging than ever. 3M ACCR gives you the reliable thermal upgrade capacity you need, even in some of the most challenging applications.
3M ACCR is an advanced transmission conductor designed to replace ACSR or ACSS on existing structures, giving you up to two to three times the capacity without the risks of a major construction project –
reduce construction outages;
speed up and simplify permitting;
reduce project schedule;
increase budget certainty;
reduce contingencies;
minimize new environmental impacts on existing rights of way.
3M ACCR reduces your project schedule and budget risks. By eliminating the need for expensive new towers, land acquisitions and other factors, upgrading with 3M ACCR can offer substantial savings over ACSR and ACSS – even at a higher conductor cost-per-mile (see the example below). For many thermal upgrades, 3M ACCR can give you the high-performance, cost-effective solution you’ve been looking for.
The example below shows a 3M customer’s costs to upgrade by building a line parallel to an existing line, compared to the costs for reconductoring with 3M ACCR.
Construction outage dropped from 20 months to 4 months.
Based on actual utility cost estimates for building a parallel line with ACSR to achieve comparable capacity increases.
