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Seaford council directs engineering to shift load to newer substation, place aging Ross facility in standby
Summary
City officials unanimously approved transferring load from the aging Ross substation to the newer Slatcher substation and funding FY27 engineering to plan the transfer, after hearing that Ross has failing breakers, oil leaks and long equipment lead times.
Seaford’s mayor and council on March 24 voted unanimously to place the aging Ross substation in standby condition and begin engineering to transfer its distribution load to the newer Slatcher substation.
The city’s director of electric, Greg Brook, told council the Ross facility has deteriorating breakers, leaking transformer components and outdated control equipment that could be costly and time-consuming to repair. “The materials that we need in the raw sub have very lengthy lead times up to 2 or 3 years,” Brook said, noting that a piecemeal replacement strategy could be expensive and…
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