MINATARE, NEBRASKA — The customers of Nebraska Public Power District in Minatare and Melbeta will be getting their power from a new substation that will replace two substations that were previously used.
NPPD Distribution Superintendent Dennis Wademan said equipment maintenance teams continually monitor NPPD’s facilities and determined that the time was right to make the switch, reports Star Herald.
The old substations were right across the road from each other. The new substation will still have two transformers, one serving Melbeta and the rural area, and another serving Minatare.
“Those transformers have lasted us a good long time and got their good use out of them for those customers in that area,” Wademan said. “Our people do a good job of monitoring those. We do a monthly check on them to see where they’re at. They take oil samples and determine from the oil samples what’s happening with the transformer. They didn’t see anything that was real alarming in there, but from past experience and the experience that we have with engineering and everything, they determined, let’s do this now before we leave (customers) sitting in the dark. And it was a smart move to make the two into one,” Wademan concluded.
Source: Star Herald