Job Highlights:

Pre-fabbed 13.8kv Substation

J. F. White's Electrical Group upgraded the existing 23kv switch yard for the Groveland Municipal Light Department with the installation of a new 23kv -13.8kv substation.

The work involved the installation and connection of a new facility, including:

• site work
• fencing and gates
• equipment foundations
• containment and collection foundations
• installation of the new packaged air-insulated substation complete with two (23kv and13.8kv) power transformers, associated loadbreak switches, reclosers, voltage regulator, disconnect switches and accessories
• a new pre-cast utility control and equipment enclosure complete with lighting, HVAC, telephone communications, SCADA-RTU and station annunciator

J. F. White installed an underground concrete ductbank between the new and existing facilities, all required buried and above-ground conduit systems, power cable connecting the new and existing substations, low voltage power, control lighting and communications cabling, and substation grounding system in both the new and existing areas; and also made modifications to the existing substation to accommodate new equipment.