Met-Ed to launch $153M service upgrade in York County, Pennsylvania
Met-Ed, an energy company serving eastern and southeastern Pennsylvania, is upgrading its distribution system in York County, Pa.
The goal is to help prevent or minimize the length of service disruptions, particularly during severe weather. The project involves reconstructing a two-mile section of power line and installing a new switch enabled with supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) technology. This will create a common tie point between two lines in Chanceford Township, one running from New Bridgeville Road to Gipe Road and the second from Lucky Road to Gipe Road.
“Part of our service territory in southeastern York County near the Susquehanna River is rugged and densely wooded, increasing the potential for tree-related outages,” Scott Wyman, president of FirstEnergy’s Pennsylvania Operations, said.
Met-Ed is a subsidiary of FirstEnergy.
“The work we are doing will provide an alternative power source to feed nearly 900 customers in the New Bridgeville and Brogue areas, benefitting them by shortening the duration of service interruptions while crews work to restore power following an outage.”
The tie line will utilize SCADA to communicate real-time information on current voltage and electric conditions to distribution system operators. Then, operators can control the SCADA switch remotely from their control center to quickly transfer customers from one circuit to the other when necessary.
The improvements are part of Met-Ed’s five-year, $153 million Long Term Infrastructure Improvement Plan to help ensure electric service reliability. Met-Ed plans to install more automated devices on the local power network in the next several years.
FirstEnergy owns 10 electric distribution companies, serving customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland, and New York.
