What is a SUBSTATION ?

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What is a SUBSTATION ?
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What is a substation? what does it do? how
does it work?
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These are excellent questions!
Lets deal with them one at a time.
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What is a substation?
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An electrical substation takes electricity from a
very high voltage and lowers it to the voltage we
use in our homes businesses
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What is a substation?
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Water comes from the water plant in very big
pipes (taller than a niño), yet it comes out in
your cocina or baño in much smaller pipes.
Think of it like a connector for different sized
water pipes.
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
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What does a substation do?
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Electricity is made at a very high, powerful
voltage. A substation safely changes the
electricity from very high voltage to lower
voltage we can use.
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
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How does a substation work?
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Transformers step down the electricity from the
high voltage needed to economically transmit the
electricity.
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
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How does a substation work?
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There are also complex circuit breakers,
switches, relays, and capacitors.
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
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How does a substation work?
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Substations have HUGE power poles to bring in the
high voltage electricity. These would be more
than 200 feet tall on the WestSide
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
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How does a substation work?
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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
These are the power lines on Troost.
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How does a substation work?
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Substations operate without any workers on-site.
Substations are monitored by remote control.
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
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How does a substation work?
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Because these are very dangerous activities and
no workers are present, they have automated
emergency gear.
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
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How does a substation work?
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There are detectors for fire and line breaks.
There is automatic fire suppression.
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
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How does a substation work?
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KCPL workers will come occasionally to do
maintenance work on the substation.
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
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A quick picture of how substation works
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Can a substation harm me?
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The short answer is YES! Thats why there are
fences around them. They can electrocute people.
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
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Can a substation harm me?
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Poisonous and corrosive chemicals are inside the
substation.
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
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Can a substation harm me?
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All substations emit invisible electrical waves.
Some scientists believe these waves harm us.
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
Not all scientists agree about this, including
those at KCPL.
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Can a substation harm me?
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That buzz you hear at the start of these slides
is similar to the constant buzz from a
substation. This can cause to headaches.
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
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So why do we have substations?
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We need them to cheaply transfer electricity.
Substations are a part of what we call essential
infrastructure.
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
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Essential Infrastructure on the Westside
Railroads bridges
Pipelines for natural gas other chemicals
Streets highways
Water wastewater treatment plants
Radio, cell phone microwave towers
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Say NO! to another Westside substation
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Substations threaten our health safety.
Substations blight our neighborhood with ugliness.
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
Substations hurt our property values.
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Say NO! to another Westside substation
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
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Who needs to hear YOU say
NO Substation on the Westside
Councilman Terry Riley Chairperson (816)
513-1629 gets email at schylon_clayton_at_kcmo.o
rg Councilwoman Cindy Circo Co-Chair (816)
513-1633 gets email at gina_boucher_at_kcmo.or
g Councilwoman Beth Gottstein (816)
513-1616 gets email at jim_giles_at_kcmo.org
Councilman Ed Ford [phone]
gets email at lisa_minardi_at_kcmo.org Councilman
John Sharp [phone]
gets email at araceli_gallegos_at_kcmo.org
KCMO Plans Zoning Cmte
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Who needs to hear YOU say
NO Substation on the Westside
Michael Chesser Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer Great Plains Energy KCPL P.O. Box
418679 Kansas City, MO 64141-9679
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Who needs to hear YOU say
NO Substation on the Westside
Michael Merriman Chairman President Financial
Holding Company 300 W 11th St Kansas City,
MO 64105-1618
Thomas A. McDonnell Chief Executive Officer
President DST Systems Vince Dasta President DST
Realty 333 W. 11th Street Kansas City, MO 64106
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Say NO! to another Westside substation
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
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