New substation design to benefit more than
20,000 Toledo Edison customers
AKRON,
Ohio, Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Work is
underway by a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) to expand
and upgrade a high-voltage substation in Sylvania Township, Lucas County. The project will include
installing new automated equipment and technology to enhance
electric service reliability for more than 20,000 Toledo Edison
customers in northwestern Ohio.
American Transmission Systems, Inc. (ATSI) will expand the
substation from 17,000 square feet to 49,900 square feet on
company-owned property and change how it is set up to help avoid or
minimize future power outages. The current substation has one main
electrical connection for all the power lines that extend from the
facility. The new setup will have separate sections to help isolate
issues and prevent service interruptions by allowing the power flow
to be rerouted when equipment in the facility needs
maintenance.
Mark Mroczynski, FirstEnergy's
President of Transmission: "This important upgrade to our
substation in Lucas County will
strengthen the transmission system and help minimize the risk of
outages for thousands of Toledo Edison customers while providing us
with the flexibility we need to maintain or repair our equipment in
the future without disrupting customers."
As part of the approximately $15
million project, ATSI is adding enhanced equipment that will
help personnel proactively identify potential issues and address
them in a timely manner.
Expected to be complete and in service in early 2025, the
project is part of Energize365, a multi-year grid evolution
program focused on transmission and distribution investments that
will deliver the power FirstEnergy's customers depend on today
while also meeting the challenges of tomorrow. With planned
investments of $26 billion between
2024 and 2028, the program will create a smarter, more secure grid
that will meet and exceed reliability targets and accommodate
electric vehicles, the electrification of homes and businesses, and
clean energy sources.
FirstEnergy is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and
operational excellence. Its electric distribution companies form
one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems,
serving more than six million customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, West Virginia,
Maryland and New York. The company's transmission
subsidiaries operate approximately 24,000 miles of transmission
lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Follow
FirstEnergy online at firstenergycorp.com and on X
@FirstEnergyCorp.
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