Hydro One and London Hydro Complete $36M Investment in Transformer Station Update

Hydro

Feb 3, 2019

Residents and businesses in downtown London, Ontario can expect more reliable power service courtesy of a $36 million investment in the city’s Nelson Transformer Station, the first step in a multi-year project to replace the aging station. (Shown in photo: officials from Hydro One and London Hydro at London Nelson Tranformer Station. L-R: Jason Fitzsimmons, Chief Corporate Affairs and Customer Care Officer Hydro One, Vinay Sharma, CEO London Hydro, Bill Milroy, VP of Operations and Engineering, London Hydro.)

The new station is the first of its kind in the city to include new indoor technology that minimizes weather or animal contact related outages. This modernized site will improve reliability to the downtown London core and allow for faster restoration when power outages do occur. London Hydro is now working to finalize connections to the municipal grid.  

“The upgrade of Nelson TS has been a strategic component of London Hydro’s ongoing initiative to ensure a sustainable and reliable 27.6kV supply to the London downtown core,” says Bill Milroy, Vice President, Engineering & Operations, London Hydro. “The collaborative investment in the modernization of Nelson TS has been planned to coordinate with related investments London Hydro has been making to ensure a smart and reliable distribution grid for the City of London.”

The updated station is expected to last up to 50 years before another update is required. There are six other transformer stations in the city.

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