Ameren Illinois recently opened a new transmission substation in Belleville to strengthen the area’s transmission system and reduce power outages.
The Goalby Substation, named after PGA golfing legend Bob Goalby who is from Belleville, is the first gas insulated substation (GIS) on Ameren’s transmission system. Unlike traditional air insulated substations, this GIS facility uses advanced equipment housed within compact, sealed enclosures.
“This substation is designed to make the energy grid around Belleville more reliable and secure,” Harman Ormani, Ameren’s project manager for the Goalby Substation, said. “We carefully studied the layout of the transmission system and determined that building the facility here would provide valuable benefits to a large number of customers.”…