Rerouting a transmission corridor off federal land, with over 50% savings on schedule

The challenge: rerouting an electric transmission corridor off federal land

The right-of-way manager was responsible for rerouting an existing electric transmission corridor. The original alignment ran through federal lands, and the team needed viable transmission route alternatives to move it.

Electric transmission route comparison of that kind normally begins with data collection: reaching out to individual counties and cities for the underlying information, then reconciling it into something consistent enough to analyze. That step alone can set the schedule.

What they did: built the transmission route comparison directly in Pivvot Route

Using Pivvot Route, the manager set the electric transmission corridor analysis up directly:

• Areas to avoid entered as constraints alongside the criteria to include in the transmission route comparison
• Multiple electric transmission route options generated rather than a single alignment defended after the fact
• County and city data already included in Pivvot so no separate collection effort was needed

The ROW manager generated multiple routes and was able to select the least-cost, minimal impact option. With Pivvot, they have seen over 50% savings on project schedule time.

Pivvot use story, electric transmission route analysis

The result: over 50% schedule savings on the transmission reroute

The manager chose from a set of real electric transmission route alternatives instead of defending a single alignment, and selected the least-cost, minimal-impact option.

The measurable outcome is schedule. With Pivvot, the team has seen over 50% savings on project schedule time, on a transmission corridor reroute driven by a federal land constraint that was not going to move.