FirstEnergy to complete $48M substation project in Elk County
USA, Pennsylvania: FirstEnergy Corp. has nearly completed construction of a new substation in Elk County, Pennsylvania, that will include voltage-regulating equipment designed to reinforce the electric system and enhance service reliability for West Penn Power and Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec) utility customers.
USA, Pennsylvania: FirstEnergy Corp. has nearly completed construction of a new substation in Elk County, Pennsylvania, that will include voltage-regulating equipment designed to reinforce the electric system and enhance service reliability for West Penn Power and Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec) utility customers.
The $48 million substation project includes the installation of power transformers, capacitor banks, circuit breakers, communications equipment and a modular control building, FirstEnergy states in the news release.
About $33 million will be spent in 2015 on the project, which also includes looping two existing transmission lines into the new substation for enhanced system reliability and operational flexibility.
Located in Fox Township near St. Marys, the substation is expected to be completed and energized by early June.
Source: FirstEnergy
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