As part of the Co-op’s commitment to reliability, the Tuftonboro substation rebuild is well on its way. When work is completed, the new and improved Tuftonboro substation will provide capacity for future load growth and the ability to remotely switch power to other circuits in case of outages. It is the Co-op’s sixth rebuild in a multi-year effort to modernize our infrastructure. The plan is to energize the substation as soon as June. Last year, Jackson and Bridgewater Substations were completed. Next stop: Waterville Valley later this year.
Job scope today is we have the control house enclosure coming for this substation. So we will have a crane to utilize the pick and we're going to set it in place on its foundation. In that sense, the control house is the brain of the substation. It contains relays which help with the protection for the lines, helps with outages. It contains SCADA, which is communications, so the substation can actually communicate with the Control Center in Plymouth. Tuftonboro is our 6th substation rebuild. We've been working with the IC Reed, our construction contractors for, you know, every station so far, a lot of knowledge and they really help us. To get it done, very happy to have them on board last year, but our failure of a of a bushing on one of the old, old Transformers. So the other three were the same vintage. So we were able to, you know, bump this one up on the list. And to get this changed out, you know, little bit sooner than later just due to the fact of the the old infrastructure and some of the parts of from the old stuff is very hard to get. They're very expensive. Yeah, this is a complete rebuild. So everything in here and you know, right from the ground soil right up into the all the foundation steel. Transformer everything is all brand new and up to date and so be. You know, a lot more reliable for them, our members.
