New Scotland Substation

DIVISIONS

Power Group Technical Services Group

PROJECT MANAGERS

Chris Rittenhouse, Power Group Kassidy Merrell & Scott Precourt, Technical Services Group

FOREMEN

Site Superintendent, John Fox, LU 43 Inside Foreman, John Harrison, LU 236 Inside Foreman, Matt Cypressi, LU 86 Line Foreman, Bob Hazen, LU 1249 Line Foreman, Jason Lee, LU 1249 Technical Services Foreman, Jered Foote, LU 43 Technical Services Lead Engineer, Zach Peters

As part of the Central East Energy Connect Transmission Project, O’Connell was hired to upgrade the New Scotland Substation outside of Albany, NY. The government funded project is aimed at upgrading the transmission lines between Oneida County and Albany County to support clean energy across the state. O’Connell was tasked with rebuilding the entire 345KV existing substation bus. The team needed to work within very short outage times due to the size of the substation. All outage times were predetermined before O’Connell was even awarded the project and could not be altered. During these outages, our crews demolished all existing foundations, bus, and steel then installed everything new. The relay panel control wiring was replaced for the new bus protection scheme. All of the work was also tested and commissioned. With exceptional planning of the Project Managers, Foremen and Supervisors, all the work has been completed during these time frames. Project Manager, Chris Rittenhouse, said, “I think the amount of work that was done in these short periods of time is a huge compliment to the crews on-site.” Chris also recognized Technical Services Lead Engineer, Zach Peters, for his leadership in helping make critical decisions and Site Superintendent, John Fox, for his commitment and leadership overseeing this complicated project. The project is scheduled to be completed in April 2023.