To increase the capacity of an existing transmission line linking two substations in the downtown area of Odessa, Texas, ONCOR selected McCurley Enterprises Inc. and Power Secure Corporation to install approximately 36 km of ACCC conductor. Following a three hour classroom training session, the linemen began the installation. More than a dozen man-lifts were placed in position to protect roadways and rail crossings in the highly populated downtown area allowing the existing wire to be used to pull in the new ACCC conductor. 

Once the first three conductor phases were pulled in, Bill Percy, CTC Global's Field Supervisor, assisted the linemen in making the first three "soft-side" dead-ends on the ground. This was actually the first time any of the linemen had installed the specially designed ACCC dead-end assemblies. The classroom training helped the linemen learn correct procedures which allowed the installation to proceeded quickly without issue.

After the first three dead-ends were lifted into position and connected to insulators, and the first section of the line tensioned, "hard-side" dead-ends were installed in the air using bucket trucks. The project was completed in approximately five weeks.

After the project was completed, Eric Trammell, McCurley's Field Supervisor, commented "the ACCC conductor was the easiest conductor he had ever sagged." He also commented how "tough" he found the composite core to be. Prior to the project's start Eric and some of the linemen did an unofficial bend test and were very surprised to find out just how much bending the composite core could actually handle without damage. In Eric's words "they were quite impressed."

This project represents the 261^st ACCC installation completed to date. Currently there are 12 other ACCC installations 'in the works' or underway, including AEP's 240 circuit mile (live-line) 345 kV reconductor project in southern Texas. This single project (AEP's 9th ACCC installation) will utilize over 1,440 miles (2,300 km) of ACCC conductor.