TERNA: TWO NEW UNDERGROUND POWER LINES AUTHORIZED IN THE PROVINCE OF RAGUSA €61 million investment They will make the area’s electricity grid more reliable 4 municipalities in the province involved for a total of 35 km of cable Rome, 30 June 2021 – The decree authorising the construction of two 150 kV cable power lines, the “CP Vittoria - CP Santa Croce Camerina” and the “CP Santa Croce Camerina - Scicli”, in the province of Ragusa, was signed by the general manager of Sicily’s energy department. The construction of the two works, which fall within the framework of the projects planned for the area’s electricity transmission grid, will provide immediate benefits, which means making the the electricity system even more suitable to covering local demand, improving continuity of the service and increasing the security of the local infrastructure, thanks to the improvement of the meshing between the different nodes of the electricity grid. The two new underground power lines will affect 4 municipalities in the province of Ragusa. Vittoria, Ragusa, Santa Croce Camerina and Scicli, for a total of 35 km. The projects were designed to try to limit, as much as possible, the length of the route, minimising interference with areas of environmental, naturalistic, landscape and archaeological value and avoiding urbanized areas or possible urban development. Terna, which manages over 4,500 km of high and extra-high-voltage power lines and 73 electrical substations in the region, as part of its 2021-2025 “Driving Energy” Business Plan, will invest over €1.7 billion in Sicily to develop the local electricity grid and increase its resilience in the context of the energy transition promoted by the company. Around €200 million of the total investment will be spent on modernising and increasing the resilience of existing assets. .