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Enrique Razon Jr. has made progress in upgrading the city’s electricity distribution system two months after unveiling its equipment upgrade program.

US: Indiana Michigan Power plans a near-$12 M project to upgrade the electric transmission grid serving customers in eastern Muncie.

UK: More than $1.9 M (£1.5 M) is being spent to improve power supplies at a substation on the edge of Haverfordwest.

Belarus: The 330/110/10kV Minsk North power substation feeding energy to the Belarusian capital city has been upgraded and rebuilt.

South Africa, Johannesburg: The City of Johannesburg has invested close to $75 million to make the necessary upgrades to the Sebenza substation and minimise the effects of power outages.

USA, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Power & Light and American Transmission Co. have been granted permission to expand the Baraboo substation at 125 Vine St. as long as they shield the power equipment from public view.

China, Macau: Power utility CEM is upgrading 100 substations in the Macau’s low-lying areas this year as part of the company’s anti-flood measures.

USA, Ohio: FirstEnergy is undertaking more than $600 million in transmission projects through 2018 in the company’s Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec) and Metropolitan Edison (Met-Ed) service areas.

USA, Vermont: Vermont State regulators have approved a $3.65 million substation upgrade project to boost the capacity, reliability, and flexibility of Brattleboro’s electrical system.

USA, Missouri: The utility company Ameren Missouri has urged for regulatory changes with the Public Service Commission (PSC), saying it could invest $1 billion in needed infrastructure improvements only if the method for setting electricity rates changes.

USA, Minnesota: St Peter City Council, in Minnesota, has approved the proposed upgrade of the 48-year-old infrastructure at South Front Street electrical substation.

India, Nagaland: The Mokokchung Town Lanur Telongjem (MTLT) has expressed concerns about the power crisis in Mokokchung in their charter of demands sent to the Power Department on 24 August 2016, in which they request the upgrade of the existing substation and the addition of a new one.

Tanzania: Tanzania’s TANESCO has revealed the company put aside $205 million to cover the costs of power distribution infrastructure improvements planned for the financial year 2016/17.

Uganda: Queensway substation upgrade project on Entebbe Road in Kampala, Uganda is on due course with over 45% of the construction works complete and all equipment already delivered to the site.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a loan of $165 million for the upgrade and expansion of power distribution system in Bangladesh.

Canada, Saskatchewan: SaskPower will be spending $82.5 million (CAD108 million) in the coming months to upgrade the provincial power grid in order to decrease the number of unplanned power outages, one third of which are the result of aging infrastructure.

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

Oman, Muscat: Power companies in Oman are investing more than $1 billion to expand and upgrade the transmission and distribution networks this year, reports Times of Oman.

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India, Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) will be embarking upon a major distribution network strengthening project in the urban and rural areas in the next couple of months.

Canada, Saskatchewan: An improperly installed transformer caused a damaging power surge to 27 Saskatoon homes in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

India, Delhi: In an attempt to augment the city’s transmission network, the Delhi Transco Limited (DTL) has commissioned six projects, completed at a cost of $20 million, which have increased Delhi’s transformation capacity by 740 MVA.

Brazil: Brazilian transformer manufacturer WEG has been upgrading nine 550 kV single-phase transformer following the contract signed with the electric utility company Copel.

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.

South Africa, Johannesburg: Eskom has installed a $10 million transformer in Arconhoek in Mpumalanga province in a bid to ensure reliable power supply to the communities in rural Bushbuckridge local municipality.

Spain, Caceres: A new electrical substation will be launched in Coria, Caceres after the expansion works on the existing substation are completed.

South Africa, Johannesburg: City Power, the City of Johannesburg’s power utility, is planning to spend more than $35 million over the next three years on…

Russia, Amur Oblast: Russia’s Federal Grid Company (FGC) is upgrading 220 kV Blagoveshchensk and Belogorsk substations to increase the electricity supply into the distribution grid of the Amur region and the power centre of one of the main Trans-Siberian Railway stations.