Otsego Electric Company Project
Project Description
In this project, you are an employee of the Otsego Electric Company.
You have just left a meeting in which you were assigned the task outlined in
the memo below. You must write a report to your supervisor that gives the
least cost path and the optimal cost wire size with justification for your choices.
Your team's report is due: Thursday, June 24, by 5:00 pm.
OEC Memo - Internal Use Only
- TO:
- Survey & Allocation Department
- FROM:
- Engineering & Construction
- RE:
- Power Line Route
- PROJECT GOAL:
- Determine the least cost route and optimum wire size.
- DATE:
- Nov 10, 1995.
- PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
- I. Least Cost Path
- The Otsego Electric Company must run a power line from Power Station 23
in Section 34 to the saw mill under construction in Section 26. The saw
mill is 2.3 km north and 5.2 km east of the power station; the
intervening private land is 1,300 m wide (east-west). The power line
must cross private land. The cost of an easement is $0.75 per meter
through the state forest and $2.25 per meter on the private land.
- Area Map:
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- II. Optimal Wire Size.
- The data you requested from testing is in the following tables.
- Here are the figures for wire purchase cost versus size.
| AWG | Cost $/m | Area mcm |
| 000 | 0.25 | 167 |
- These are the values for wire heat loss cost versus size.
| AWG | Cost $/m | Area mcm |
| 00 | 0.2385 | 105 |
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