HomeMy WebLinkAboutPACKET Utilities Committee 2008-11-13AGENDA TOWN OF ESTES PARK UTILITIES COMMITTEE 8:00 a.m. Thursday, November 13,2008 Preparation date: November 5, 2008 PUBLIC COMMENT Light and Power 1. The mayor and all trustees, Town Administrator and Deputy Town Administrator are invited to a ribbon cutting for the new Marys Lake Substation, followed by a brief tour. The press will be invited and we ask Mayor Pinkham to cut the ribbon and "flip the switch," signaling the official energizing of the new substation. Transportation will be provided; the bus will leave directly after the committee has heard public comment. Note: The Utilities Committee reserves the right to consider other items not available at the time the agenda was prepared.
TOWN OF ESTES PARK Utilities Department INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM ESTES PARK COLORADO Date: November 13, 2008 To: Utilities Committee From: Bob Goehring, Utilities Director Subject: Mary Lake Substation Upgrades Complete The new Marys Lake Substation went on line in phases over the past week; approximately 30% of the load was put on the transformers on Friday, November 07, and the remainder of the load was put on line on Monday, November 10. The two 25 megawatt transformers at the upgraded Marys Lake Substation provide redundancy and reliability in the local distribution system by having the exact same capacity as the Estes Park Substation, located at Lake Estes next to the Bureau of Reclamation's Estes Park hydro-electric plant. Continuing improvements in the distribution system are scheduled through 2010, including undergrounding while increasing the size of lines in certain areas. These upgrades will prepare Estes Park Light & Power to meet the needs of our customers for years to come. The old substation at the Marys Lake site was originally constructed sometime in the I 970s with one 10 MW transformer; a second 10 MW transformer was added in the 1980s. Due to the smaller size of these transformers and the age of the switchgear, the Town of Estes Park Trustees approved a plan to upgrade the substation in 2007. In May of this year, the Marys Lake Substation went off line and the switch gear building containing old and obsolete equipment was demolished. The new transformers were removed that month as well, sold to the City of Loveland for $70,000. The two 25 MW transformers, each weighing more than 80,000 pounds were delivered (on two separate trucks) and installed in July. Hurricane Ike delayed the delivery of the new switchgear building - it was manufactured in Houston - until the end of October. Work was scheduled to be completed before the onset of the colder weather and subsequently, our peak season when the load can be reach as high as 26 MW locally due to electric heating. Platte River Power Authority, having assisted Estes Park Light & Power during the upgrade of the Estes Park Substation in 2000, provided the engineering and expertise for the Marys Lake Substation upgrade. Platte River has also been contracted to perform maintenance on the substations.
Cynthia Deats From: EP Administration [ir3045@estes.org] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:58 AM To: Cynthia Deats Subject: Job Done Notice(Send) ***************************** *** Job Done Notice(Send) *** ***************************** JOB NO. 0833 ST. TIME 11/10 11:53 PGS. 1 SEND DOCUMENT NAME TX/RX INCOMPLETE ----- TRANSACTION OK 5869561 KEPL 5869532 Trail Gazette 5861691 Channel 8 6353677 Reporter Herald 5771590 EP News ERROR ----- 1
Cynthia Deats From: EP Administration [ir3045@estes.org] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:58 AM To: Cynthia Deats Subject: Job Done Notice(Send) ***************************** *** Job Done Notice(Send) *** ***************************** JOB NO. 0833 ST. TIME 11/10 11:53 PGS. 1 SEND DOCUMENT NAME TX/RX INCOMPLETE ----- TRANSACTION OK 5869561 KEPL 5869532 Trail Gazette 5861691 Channel 8 6353677 Reporter Herald 5771590 EP News ERROR ----- 1