Kentucky Power completes $15M equipment upgrades

USA, Pikeville: Kentucky Power has completed two substation upgrade projects totalling about $15 million near Elkhorn City and Pikeville, bolstering reliability in eastern Kentucky.

 


USA, Pikeville: Kentucky Power has completed two substation upgrade projects totalling about $15 million near Elkhorn City and Pikeville, bolstering reliability in eastern Kentucky.

Between them, $11 million was invested into the upgrade of the Breaks substation, which included installation of a new high-voltage power transformer and three circuit breakers, as well as an improved distribution bank and control building, reports Hazard-Herald.

The old substation will be removed later this year.

Source: Hazard-Herald