Dive Summary:
- United Illuminating Co. in Connecticut announced plans to spend $11 million to bolster its substations against storm-related flooding.
- Serving 325,000 customers in shoreline cities, the utility will install flood barriers, pumps and backup station service generators, in addition to cameras and water-level sensors.
- John Prete, COO of the utility, said the work is a direct response to Superstorm Sandy last October and Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011.
From the article:
“The utility says it temporarily de-energized several substations during the storms to protect against flood damage.”