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Intermountain (also calle Path 27) is the designation of a bipolar HVDC transmission line between the Intermountain power plant in Utah and the Adelanto static inverter plant near Adelanto, California. The Intermountain is a bipolar overhead line with a length of 785 km can transfer a maximum power of 1,920 megawatts at ±500 kV. The part of the line that travels through the Mojave Desert is followed by many other AC 500 kV lines and Interstate 15. The Pacific DC Intertie is the other HVDC line serving Los Angeles. This HVDC line is owned and operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADW&P). HVDC lines such as the Intermountain line and the Pacific DC Intertie can be distinguished by the observer by having two transmission lines, rather than the three necessary for transmission of three-phase AC power.

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