Shaw Brothers Continues as a Major Player in $1.4 Billion Maine Power Upgrade

Shaw Brothers Continues as a Major Player in $1.4 Billion Maine Power Upgrade

Sept. 1, 2012

Shaw Brothers Construction, Inc. (SBC) broke ground last week on the 345,000-volt Maguire Road substation in the southern Maine community of Kennebunk. The Maguire Road substation, which will have a total cost of approximately $30 million, is one of five new 345,000-volt substations that Central Maine Power Company is building as part of its $1.4 billion Maine Power Reliability Program (MPRP). Shaw Brothers Construction has recently completed the sitework and below-grade improvements at the Raven Farm substation in Cumberland and the Larrabee Road substation in Lewiston.

All three projects are part of Central Maine Power Company’s MPRP (Maine Power Reliability Program). The MPRP is a $1.4 billion investment in Maine’s bulk power transmission system. The five-year project includes the construction of five new 345,000-volt substations, upgrades to more than 40 existing substations, and the installation or rebuilding of about 450 miles of transmission line in 75 communities from Eliot to Orrington.