Potomac Edison completes new circuit upgrade

Grant County, West Virginia, US -- The recently finished upgrade to the electrical system will enhance service reliability for customers.

The $1.4 million project has involved splitting a 286-mile circuit of power lines that deliver electricity from a substation to customers in the Maysville area into two smaller circuits. The circuit in question had previously been the longest within FirstEnergy, the company that owns Potomac Edison.

With the two new smaller circuits, being more managble and therefore more efficient, demands on the power network should be met more easily and the number of customers impacted by power outages should be reduced signifficantly.

According to Potomac Edison, the upgrade also included the installation of new electrical equipment called automated reclosers that should automatically switch customers to an adjacent power source in the event of certain outages. This will further enhance reliability and minimize the frequency and duration of service interruptions that customers experience.

"The strategic investment in our system will generate meaningful benefits for customers in Grant County by reducing the impact of outages caused by severe weather events and enhancing our service restoration capabilities in the area," said James Sears Jr., vice president of Potomac Edison.

Source: Daily Energy Insider