POWER IV

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The Fourth Power Project consists of the mid 1980-mid 1983 time slice of the 1980-85 investment program of the two Centrals of the Ministry of Electric Energy (Industrial Central for the Production of Electrical Energy and Heat (CIPEET) and Industrial Central of Power Network Enterprises (CIRE) and the department responsible for load-dispatching (National Electrical Energy Dispatch System (DEN)). This program, which includes projects begun prior to 1980 and others to be completed after 1985, contains: (i) 24 hydro-electric generation plants (total capacity 3,400 MW); (ii) 7 small hydro-electric generation plants generation plants (total capacity 80 MW); (iii) 6 straight steam condensing thermal generation plants (total capacity 4,280 MW); (iv) 17 thermal power and heat generation plants (total capacity 2,680 MW); (v) 27 transmission substations (6,700 MVA); (vi) 400 kV transmission lines (1,363 km); (vii) 220 kV transmission lines (206 km); (viii) distribution system expansion; and (ix) other items.