Substations

Springville City Power owns and operates a total of eight substations. The substations serve our residential, commercial and industrial customers. Springville City also has a total of 11 power transformers — two 46 KV feeders and 15 distribution feeders. Information about each of the Springville City Power substations are listed below.

 

Calvin J. Baxter Substation

The Calvin J. Baxter Substation is one of Springville’s main receiving substations. It is located west of the Evergreen Cemetery and services the south part of Springville, with two transmission feeders that service the other substations in Springville.

In 1997, the Calvin J. Baxter Substation was built to replace the Evergreen substation, which sat west of the current substation. All of the construction of the substation was done in-house by the Power department employees. The Calvin J. Baxter was engineered for growth on both transmission and distribution feeders,  as well as the transformers. The spacing is such that the City can upgrade to 138 KV with no major redesign. The two distribution power transformers are capable of 22 megawatts each and four of the six available distribution feeders are being used at this time.

 

Compound Substation

This Compound Substation was built around 1955 with a single 5 M.V.A. transformer to serve all of the electrical needs of Springville. At the time it was built, it was designed as Springville’s main receiving substation and metering point. Today it is still in service, however; the transformer was rebuilt in 1986. It has also undergone several upgrades over the years and is scheduled to be replaced and upgraded to a higher voltage in near future.

 

Knight Substation

The Knight Substation is one of Springville’s oldest substations. It is located on the west side of the Springville Historic City Cemetery at 500 South and 350 East. It services the customers on both sides of Main Street as well as those who live on the west side of town.

 

Nestlé-Stouffers Substation

The Nestlé-Stouffers Substation was built in 1985 to service the Stouffers facility. It is located on the east side of the Nestlé-Stouffers plant. Originally the substation was built with two redundant 10 M.V.A. transformers, but because of the facility’s growth, it was upgraded in 1996. Two new 22 M.V.A. transformers, 3, 000 amp buss duct, and 3, 000 amp circuit breakers were purchased and installed. Wasatch Electric provided the engineering, with all construction being done in-house by our technicians and lineman.

 

North Substation

The North Substation was built in 1977 with one single 22 M.V.A. transformer to service the Industrial Park area and the north-end of town. The circuit breakers, lightning arresters, metering instruments and ground grid were upgraded in 1987 to help increase it’s reliability. Because of the recent growth in the industrial park and north end of town, Springville City Power is currently investigating adding another circuit from this substation.

 

Whitehead Substation

The Whitehead Substation was built in 1985 to connect the Whitehead Power Plant to the City’s internal grid. The generators produce power at 6, 900 volts and the substation transformers step the voltage up to 46, 000 volts. This substation was upgraded in 1998 when the capacity of the power plant was increased and more generators were added. There are three transformers in this substation and when running at full capacity, it is capable of 60 M.V.A. Hegerhorst Engineering Services provided
the engineering, with all construction being
done in-house by our technicians and lineman.