Good as new
Chipley substation undergoes repairs
Crews from West Florida Electric Cooperative and Alabama Electric Cooperative, WFEC’s power supplier, use a 200-ton crane to install a new transformer at the substation serving WFEC’s member-owners in the Chipley, Wausau and Orange Hill areas. Nearly 2,800 WFEC members lost their electric service for approximately eight hours April 25 when three transformers in the substation faulted simultaneously — an unforeseeable, unpreventable and extremely unusual situation. Additionally, the massive volume of calls WFEC received during that time overloaded the Co-op’s telephone system, rendering it inoperative.
Fortunately, AEC’s prompt delivery of a mobile substation from its headquarters in Andalusia, Ala., restored power to WFEC’s electric distribution system until permanent repairs could be made. WFEC personnel appreciate the patience the members affected by this unfortunate equipment failure maintained throughout the crews’ endeavors to correct the problem.
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