Siemens is providing Con Edison, the utility that powers New York City and local areas, with six new mobile medium-voltage substations that can be used for rapid emergency response, the company announced in a press release.

The technology, with plug-and-play functionality, will give Con Edison the ability to deploy and fully operate a power substation within days instead of the months it can traditionally take to replace damaged gear.

The rapid deployment mobile substations will help Con Edison increase resilience by reducing the impact of power outages during extreme weather, unexpected events, or even during routine maintenance to minimize downtime.

"Part of resiliency strategy - in addition to preventing power outages - is to restore service to customers as quickly as possible during a major storm or other emergency," said Robert Brantley, Chief Engineer of Equipment & Field Engineering at Con Edison. "These mobile substations we developed with Siemens are groundbreaking technology that will help us serve our customers better during extreme events."

Four out of the six substations have been delivered to ConEd with the remaining expected by the spring of 2019.

Source: Siemens