Springville City Power owns and operates a total of eight substations. These Substations serve our Residential customers as well as our Commercial and Industrial customers. There are a total of eleven transformers, two 46 KV feeders and 15 distribution feeders. They are described in the following paragraphs.
Calvin J. Baxter Substation
This is Springville’s main receiving Substation. It is located west of the Evergreen cemetery and services the south part of Springville with two transmission feeders that service the other Substations in Springville. It was completed in1997 with all of the construction being done in house by our own personal. This Substation was built to replace the old Substation, which sat to the west of the new one. When the old Substation was built, Springville’s growth was not anticipated, so the design was such that it could not be upgraded. Building a new one made it possible to do the construction on it while continuing service through the old one. The design on the new Substation has been engineered for growth on both transmission and distribution feeders, and transformers. The spacing is such that we can upgrade to 138KV with no major re-design. The transformer is capable of 22 megawatts and three of the six available distribution feeders are being used at this time.
West Substation
This is one of Springville’s oldest Substations. It is located on the west side of the City Cemetery at 500 S. 350 E. It services the customers on both sides of Main Street as well as the people who live on the west side of town. This Substation was built in the late sixties to service the main street area. We are currently in the engineering phase of upgrading this Substation to have more modern equipment. We hope to have it completed by 2001. All engineering, design and construction will be done in-house by our technicians and lineman.
Whitehead Substation
This Substation was built in 1985 to connect the Whitehead Power Plant to our internal grid. The generators produce power at 6900 volts and the Substation transformers step the voltage up to 46,000 volts. This substation was upgraded in 1998 when the capacity of the power plant was increased and more generators were added. There are three transformers in this Substation and at full capacity is capable of 60 M.V.A. Hegerhorst Engineering Services did engineering with all construction being done in-house by our technicians and lineman.
Nestle-Stouffers Substation
This Substation was built in 1985 to service the Stouffers facility. It is located on the east side of their plant. Originally the Substation was built with two redundant 10 M.V.A. transformers but because of the facility’s growth it was upgraded in 1996. Two new 22 M.V.A. transformers, 3000 amp buss duct, and 3000 amp circuit breakers were purchased and installed. Wasatch Electric did engineering with all construction being done in-house by our technicians and lineman.
North Substation
This Substation was built in 1977 with one single 22 M.V.A. transformer to service the Industrial Park area and the north end of town. The circuit breakers, lightning arresters, metering instruments and ground grid were upgraded in 1987 to help increase it’s reliability. Because of the recent growth in the industrial park and north end of town, we are currently investigating adding another circuit from this Substation.
Compound Substation
This Substation was built around 1955 with a single 5 M.V.A. transformer to serve all of the electrical needs of Springville. At the time that it was built, it was designed as Springville’s main receiving Substation and metering point. Today it is still in service however; the transformer was rebuilt in 1986. It has also undergone several upgrades over the years and is scheduled to be replaced and upgraded to a higher voltage in near future.
