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Weatherford electric staff say substations and distribution upgrades have kept capacity ahead of growth
Summary
City electric staff reported the system’s capacity has grown from roughly 70 MW to 250 MW and outlined distribution work and transformer lead times, noting new substations and transformers will be multi‑million‑dollar capital projects.
An electric department representative told council that Weatherford now owns and operates five substations and that planners built spare capacity to avoid prolonged outages as growth accelerates. “We bought our substations… and we've gone from that 70 megawatts up to currently 250 megawatts,” the presenter said while explaining the need for distribution…
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