McNary-John Day 500-kilovolt transmission line BPA is using Recovery Act funds to build a major new transmission project - the McNary- John Day 500-kilovolt transmission line. The project was originally estimated to cost $343 million. Lower material costs and other design improvements hav helped BPA to now estimate the project, which creates 100 to 200 well paying construction jobs at its peak will cost $216 million, . When energized in early 2012, the line will allow BPA to provide 625 megawatts of transmission service, including 575 megawatts of new wind energy. Work on the project started in July 2009. BPA’s McNary-John Day line will run from the agency’s McNary Substation in Oregon, cross the Columbia River and run parallel to the Columbia River for 75 miles, mostly within existing rights-of-way, then cross the Columbia River back into Oregon and end at BPA's John Day Substation.    Project site    News Secretary Chu Announces Progress on BPA Recovery Act Project BPA contracts with Oregon firm to build part of a new transmission line BPA to purchase $9.5 million of aluminum transmission cable from local Oregon supplier

Recovery.gov is the U.S. government's official website that provides easy access to data related to Recovery Act spending and allows for the reporting of potential fraud, waste, and abuse. Energy.gov/recovery is a Department of Energy recovery website that shows specifically how recovery money is being used in the energy sector.