FirstEnergy Ohio will be expanding and upgrading a high-voltage substation to increase service reliability in northwestern Ohio.
The substation expansion, in Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio, will include installing automated equipment and technology that will enhance the electric service reliability for more than 20,000 customers of FirstEnergy Ohio subsidiary Toledo Edison. The substation will grow from 17,000 square feet to 49,900 square feet on company-owned property. Officials said American Transmission Systems Inc. (ATSI), will handle the expansion, as well as changes to the system to help minimize or avoid future power outages.
“This important upgrade to our substation in Lucas County will strengthen the transmission system and help minimize the risk of outages for thousands of Toledo Edison customers while providing us with the flexibility we need to maintain or repair our equipment in the future without disrupting customers,” FirstEnergy’s President of Transmission Mark Mroczynski said on Oct. 1.