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111 <br /> TRANSMISSION LINES <br /> I , QUALITATIVE DATA <br /> Transmission Lines for electricity and natural gas cross <br /> the rural buffer . <br /> II . QUANTITATIVE DATA <br /> High voltage electrical transmission lines and sub- <br /> stations owned by Duke Power Company and Piedmont Electric <br /> Membership Corporation are located in the rural buffer . The <br /> locations of these facilities are shown on the attached map. <br /> A high pressure natural gas transmission line owned by <br /> Public Service Company is also located in the rural buffer. <br /> Its location is also shown on the attached map . A second <br /> natural gas transmission line is located in the right-of-way <br /> of US 15-501 through Orange County. It does not actually lie <br /> within the rural buffer. It does parallel the rural buffer <br /> boundary in southeast Orange County. <br /> Piedmont plans to extend its transmission north to the <br /> Eno substation. This extension will be parallel to Duke <br /> Power Company ' s 44000 kw line which is the western most of <br /> the two north-south Duke Power transmission lines . <br /> Utility transmission lines are located in rights-of- <br /> way. The width of the rights-of-way varies with the type and <br /> age of the transmission line. New electrical transmission <br /> lines are located on 100 ' or 150 ' wide rights-of-way. Older <br /> electrical transmission lines are located on narrower rights- <br /> of-way. The Duke Power Company transmission lines serving <br /> the Eubanks substation are an example of this . The right-of- <br /> way for those lines is 68' wide. <br /> The Public Service Company natural gas line that runs <br /> roughly east-west through Orange County is located in a 50 ' <br /> wide right-of-way. The width of the rights- of-way for the <br /> transmission lines located in the rural buffer are shown on <br /> the attached map. <br /> III . IMPACT/IMPLICATIONS <br /> While a necessary part of the provision of electrical <br /> and natural gas service, transmission lines consume a signi- <br /> ficant amount of land . Transmission line rights-of-way <br /> cannot be included ag. part of the buildable portion of a <br /> building lot . As such; subdivisions must be designed around <br /> the rights-of-way. ra" ` .. <br /> IV. REFERENCES <br /> 1 . Duke Power Company <br /> 2 . Piedmont. Electric Membership Company <br /> 3 . Public Service Company <br />