(PASCO, WA) -- On June 12th, 2018 Franklin PUD began providing customers
additional electric power from the Foster Wells substation in Pasco,
Washington. The project added a third
transformer bay and five additional feeders adding 28 megawatts of energy to
Franklin PUDs electric system. The total cost of the Foster Wells expansion was
$2.5 million.
Franklin PUD’s substation electricians and meter/relay crews performed
all of the electrical control work for the substation, while contractor, Power
City Electric, Inc. performed the civil work.
Construction began January 2, 2018, and Franklin PUD began serving
customers on June 12, 2018, after testing and energizing the system.
The substation addition will provide more capacity to serve customers in
the north-east corner of Pasco, an area focused heavily on agriculture and food
processing. “Safety is our number one
priority on any job performed by our substation electricians and meter crews,”
stated Travis Scott, Director of Operations.
“Our engineers who designed the system, our substation electricians and
meter crews who installed the transformer, and all our employees go above and
beyond when implementing a project of this magnitude.”
