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Electric utility plans undergrounding, capital spares after sharp equipment price increases
Summary
The city's utilities manager outlined plans to continue burying overhead electric lines, buy capital spares for critical substation switchgear and replace aged equipment; he warned transformer prices have risen dramatically and urged pre‑purchasing critical spares to avoid long lead times.
Kevin Kari, the city’s utilities manager, told the council the electric utility will continue its long‑term program to place primary lines underground and cited a need to buy capital spares for critical switchgear at Summit Substation because manufacturing lead times are now 75–90 weeks.
Kari said the utility is 95% underground…
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