Path 46
Path 46, also called West of Colorado River, Arizona-California West-of-the-River Path (WOR), is a set of fourteen high voltage (500 kV & 230 kV) alternating-current transmission lines that are located in southeast California and Nevada up to the Colorado River. This power transmission system has a capacity of 10.6 gigawatts from east to west, and sends electric power to Southern California's massive population centers of Los Angeles and San Diego from many different sources, including hydroelectric dams (Hoover Dam on the Colorado River), nuclear plants (Palo Verde Nuclear Plant, near Phoenix, Arizona), and more recently, utility-scale solar plants (Ivanpah Solar Power Facility) == Individual power lines of Path 46 == Supporting system (230 kV only): El Centro – Imperial Valley 230 kV Ramon – Mirage 230 kV Coachella – Mirage 230 kV Southern System (500 kV only): North Gila – Imperial Valley 500 kV Palo Verde – Devers 500 kV No.1 Northern System: Marketplace – Adelanto 500 kV – formerly called Path 64, it is part of Path 46.