The power to help during an emergency
The power to help during an emergency
- The Challenge
Getting power to a utility’s consumers after fire causes outage
- The Solution
A two-wave high voltage power plan, that was quick and flexible
- The Impact
Consumers got power
Client:Western Power Distribution (WPD)
Location:Grantham, UK
Sectors:Utilities
The challenge
Quickly restore power to consumers then support repair
More than 13,000 customers were without power after one of WPD’s transformers caught fire. The fire was in the compound and the debris and heat also damaged the neighbouring secondary transformer that was being maintained at the time.
WPD needed power up quickly, then support while it repaired the transformer and brought it back online.
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The solution
Power back on quickly then high voltage support for repair phase
We came up with a two-phase plan, power to customers first, then a high voltage power package to get the repair underway.
We immediately installed various sized generators to strategic locations around Grantham so customers weren’t left in the dark.
Then we got our high voltage power package onsite to run in-sync whilst the second transformer was bought back onto the grid.
