Detroit Edison To Complete Shelby Reliability Improvement Project
01 November 2007 - 3:28AM
PR Newswire (US)
Intentional power outages in early November necessary to do work
DETROIT, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- An electric service reliability
improvement project by Detroit Edison will culminate next month
when 2,500 customers in Shelby Township are switched to a new
substation and the voltage carried by power lines in the area is
increased. The customers, in an area bounded by 22 Mile Road to the
north, 21 Mile Road to the south, River Bends Park to the west and
Robin and Oriole streets to the east, are served by the Hill
Substation at 22 Mile Road and Van Dyke. They will be switched to
the new Bronco Substation, north of 22 Mile Road between Shelby
Road and Van Dyke. In addition, the utility will increase voltage
in pole-to-pole power lines from 4,800 to 13,200 volts. "The area
has experienced tremendous growth over the last few years and this
project will address the additional electric load placed on our
equipment and substation," said Vince Dow, Detroit Edison vice
president, Distribution Operations. "This project will handle the
new growth and load on our system, as well as accommodate foreseen
future load growth." The work will necessitate intentional power
outages to complete the transfer of customers to the new
substation. The power outages will last eight to 10 hours after
work begins around 8:30 a.m. Electric service to homes in the
northern portion of the area will be interrupted Tuesday, Nov. 6,
while the remainder of the residential customers will have its
interruption Thursday, Nov. 8. Utica High School also will be
affected Wednesday, Nov. 21, but the school will be on holiday
recess. In the case of inclement weather, the work will be done the
day after the scheduled day. Detroit Edison has sent letters to
explain the project to residents and reminder phone calls will be
made the day before work begins. Detroit Edison representatives
have visited business owners affected by the work to help them
prepare for the power outage. In addition, Shelby Township has set
up a special telephone number, (586) 803-2052, that will be
activated only for emergencies on the days in which power outages
occur. DATASOURCE: Detroit Edison CONTACT: Scott Simons
+1-313-235-8808, or Lorie N. Kessler, +1-313-235-8807 Web site:
http://www.dteenergy.com/
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