US - new power transformer for the West Receiving Substation

The Denison Municipal Utility (DMU) Board has announced that they have approved a contract to purchase a new power transformer for the West Receiving Substation. The purchase price, submitted by the winning bidder, Niagara Power Transformer Corporation, of Buffalo, New York, was $969,179, but that may not be the final price. 

The price of materials made to manufacture the transformer may change over time. To account for that, Niagara Power Transformer’s contract has a price adjustment, and DMU General Manager Rory Weis told his board members that the wording is that the price could increase and/or decrease.

According to DMU, they requested bids on a new power transformer because the one to be replaced is 40-45 years old, and information shared at a DMU Board meeting in November is that utilities should start to see some failures with transformers that are in the 50-year time frame.

DMU has redundancy built into its electric distribution system. DMU’s two main substations each have two transformers, and each transformer is sized so that if one would fail, the other transformer can carry the load.

The anticipated delivery of the transformer is on April 1, 2025. 

Source: DBR News