Cedar Rapids receives $210M investment and 27 new substations
USA, Iowa: Iowa electric utility Alliant Energy is building several big substations in Cedar Rapids with an aim to replace and retire a lot of small substations, as part of $210 million investment in electrical distribution projects in 2015.
USA, Iowa: Iowa electric utility Alliant Energy is building several big substations in Cedar Rapids with an aim to replace and retire a lot of small substations, as part of $210 million investment in electrical distribution projects in 2015.
Construction of a large substation with power transformers and associated electrical equipment has begun on Emerald Isle, which is one of 27 that Alliant is building in Cedar Rapids to upgrade its system, reports The Gazette.
The substation will serve about 8,000 households and is expected to be energised in the first or second quarter of 2016.
Source: The Gazette
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