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Hydro One is giving a $13 million surge
to electrical infrastructure in Goderich.
The forest of hydro poles springing up
by the transformer station on Huron Road
is part of an expansion project that has the
potential to triple the capacity of the cur-
rent station.
A new, 50/83 transformerwill be put In
place to augment two older transformers
already in use at the station. The 50/83
label means the transformer has .a 50
megawatt capacity, upped to 83mw when
cooling fans are utilized.
The decision to expand was made last
June by Hydro One, in part to allow for the
connection of more renewable energy
projects, many of which are proposed for
the areas south and north of Goderich.
The original site, built nearly 50 years
ago, still uses transformers built in 1949
and 1952.
"The station is due for an upgrade," said
project consultant Wally Curry of Erth.
Corp. "The only way they can do that is to
put in a new transformer''
Only about half of the new hydro
poles will be staying after completion of
the project, which is expected to take
one year. Most of the poles have been
relocated from behind the station to the
front in order to allow for installation of
the 50/83 model.
"The worst it's going to look is how it
looks right now," Curry said. "We have
to move some existing poles so the
new transformer can go in there. The
way this has been designed, each pole
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