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City reports progress on 2400 electrical conversion and Tantalus AMI meter rollout
Summary
Electrical Superintendent Blake Waldow told the council that phase 2 of the 2400 conversion concluded with removal of a mobile substation, saving roughly $16,000 per month; Tantalus AMI is reading about 95% of meters after replacing roughly 300 units and staff are working to restore SCADA records.
Electrical Superintendent Blake Waldow updated the Broken Bow City Council on May 13 about work to move customers off temporary power and on the city’s automated meter infrastructure rollout.
Waldow said May 3, 2025, was the final outage for phase 2 of the 2400 electrical conversion. Crews repurposed a low‑voltage transformer from the power plant to eliminate the need for a mobile substation; the substation left town on May 8, ahead of a June 1 target, which Waldow said is saving the city about $16,000 per month. He outlined remaining work: phase 3 will cover S. 10th to S. 12th and phase 4 will cover S. 10th to South 8th, with the intent of moving remaining affected residences and businesses off temporary power.
Waldow also briefed the council on the Tantalus automated meter infrastructure (AMI) conversion. Since deployment in February, the AMI system has been reading approximately 95% of meters; about 300 meters have already been replaced to reach that level. He said crews will continue replacing older meters to bring the remaining ~5% online. Waldow added that staff are coordinating with Nova Tech to restore the SCADA records site that was damaged in a power plant explosion.
Waldow thanked the line crews for extended hours and weekends and thanked businesses and residents for their patience as repairs and meter work continue.
