Review of technical specifications and design criteria for underground transmission lines, Colombia
Fichtner was contracted by Isa Intercolombia on behalf of Interconexión Eléctrica S.A. E.S.P. to review ISA's technical specifications and design criteria for underground transmission lines and high-voltage electrical substations, as well as to compare the design criteria applied to the UPME 06-2018 Nueva Subestación El Río 220 kV project as well as the associated transmission lines.
Our services
- Review of technical specifications and design criteria for underground transmission lines and electrical substations
- Comparative analysis of the design criteria
- Recommendations to optimize the civil, structural, and electromechanical designs
Technical data
- El Río – Termoflores: two 220 kV underground line sections
- El Río – Tesba is a new 220/36 substation
- Two line entries into existing substations at both Termoflores and Tesba

