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Council pauses feeder/breaker upgrades as staff weighs transformer procurement, warranty and lead‑time tradeoffs
Summary
Utilities staff advised pausing planned feeder breaker and line work and recommended delaying purchase choices while they verify vendor arrangements, performance‑bond availability and compare price and lead‑time differences between a Korean manufacturer and U.S. alternatives.
City utilities staff updated the council on a planned Substation 1 transformer upgrade and recommended pausing certain feeder‑breaker and distribution‑line work pending further due diligence on vendor arrangements and warranties.
Staff said bids include options for FR3 (vegetable) oil transformers and standard mineral‑oil transformers; an FR3 30 MVA option could cost roughly $2.0 million versus about $1.7 million for mineral…
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