Power decides the site. The map only starts the question.
We measure a tract's relationship to high-voltage infrastructure from its boundary, identify the utility, and write down what the utility must answer.
What we read
Published mapping of transmission lines and substations, utility service territories, recorded transmission easements, nearby generation records, and public transmission plans and utility announcements.
What the record establishes
- Which lines and substations are mapped near the tract, and the voltage published for each.
- Distance from the parcel boundary to that infrastructure.
- The utility whose territory the tract sits in.
- What lies along a possible connection path: rivers, rail, controlled-access highways, wetlands, neighborhoods, and land owned by others.
What it cannot establish
Firm capacity. A workable point of delivery. Headroom on a transformer. A second independent feed. The utility’s willingness to serve. Who pays for upgrades, what they are, and when power would flow. A power plant nearby does not mean its output can reach the parcel.
Where public data misleads
- Missing voltage. A large share of mapped substations carry no published voltage. A blank is a blank, not a low number and not a high one.
- Missing ownership. Public substation data often does not say who owns the equipment.
- Measuring from the wrong point. On a large tract, distance from the address or the center can differ sharply from distance at the nearest boundary.
- Straight lines. A short straight-line distance can cross a river, a railroad, and three owners. The map distance is not a route.
The kind of utility matters
Investor-owned utilities, electric cooperatives, and municipal systems each handle large loads differently. Identifying the serving utility is the first power fact for any site. See a substation next door is not power.
Who confirms it
The serving utility and an electrical or interconnection engineer. They establish the service arrangement, the studies, the upgrades, the cost, and the schedule.
What we hand you
The mapped infrastructure with sources, the measured relationships, the obstacles along the way, the serving utility, and a list of questions in the order the utility will need them.
Questions
Does a transmission line crossing my land mean I have power?
No. It means a high-voltage asset is close. Whether the utility can deliver a large load there is a separate question that only the utility answers.
Can public records show how much capacity a substation has left?
No. Capacity and headroom are not published. They come from the utility, usually after a formal request.
Tell us what the project needs
Load, acreage, counties, and timeline. We reply with how we would run the search and where we would start.