PHOTO PROVIDED Rochester Gas & Electric transmission system construction. Rochester Gas & Electric is marking the completion of a decade-long project that it says will bring more reliability to the local power grid. The Rochester Area Reliability Project is a $389 million investment that included construction of a new substation in Henrietta, and new transmission lines in Gates, Chili and Rochester. Carl Tayor, president of RG&E, said the project addresses both the durability of the system as well as the need for more capacity on the power lines. "It’s really to take the backbone, that transmission, those large structures you see in the air and make that system more resilient," Taylor said. "But, also more capable of serving the Rochester area now and many decades going forward."