SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — City Water, Light and Power in Springfield is getting $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to upgrade electric infrastructure in the city.
The grant, which was approved by the city council Tuesday night, will go towards a $1.6 million project.
The money will be used to modernize substations, improve service reliability and shorten outage restoration times. It will also help reduce truck time and emissions and provide a more resilient and efficient grid for customers.
"Improving reliability to our network of real time monitoring and automated response features is a great investment for our city," said CWLP Chief Utility Engineer Doug Brown. "This is about restoring our customer's power as safely and quickly as possible."
CWLP said existing facilities will also now have real-time monitoring equipment with the ability for automated fault location, isolation and service restoration features.
Work is set to begin by the end of this year and will be completed in 2028.
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