POWER EXPANSION

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The Eighth Power Project includes: (1) construction of a generating plant at Puerto Somoza, comprising two steam-electric generating units with an aggregate generating capacity of about 100 MW, fuel unloading and storage facilities, a substation, and personnel housing; (2) construction of about 105 km of 230 kV single-circuit transmission lines; (3) construction of a 230/138 kV substation at Tiscapa including a load dispatch center and of a 230/138 kV substation at Leon and installation of communication, metering and control equipment; (4) construction of about 70 km of 230 kV single-circuit transmission line between Leon and the Honduran border; (5) construction of about 75 km of 138 kV single-circuit transmission line around Managua; (6) construction of a 138 kV substation at Los Braziles and switching bay additions to the existing 138 kV substations at the Managua Thermal Plant and Masaya; (7) construction of about 90 km of 138 kV single-circuit transmission lines from Sebaco to Yalaguina; (8) construction of a stepdown substation at Yalaguina and a switching bay addition to the existing 138 kV substations at Sebaco; (9) a study of improvements in ENALUF's organization, procedures and operating; and (10) additional work resulting from unexpected geological problems.