Alectra Utilities plans to spend $28.6 million to upgrade the electrical grid in Brampton to meet growing demand.
The company is the electricity utility and distributor that serves several municipalities in southern Ontario, including Brampton.
The work planned for this year will focus on renewing deteriorating infrastructure and modernizing the grid so that customers can rely on service well into the future.
“Brampton continues to grow at a rapid pace, and reliable electricity is essential to supporting that growth,” said Chris Hudson, Senior Vice President, Network Operations and Safety, Alectra Utilities. “This investment will strengthen critical infrastructure, help reduce the risk of outages and enable us to respond faster when service disruptions occur.”
Work will include renewing equipment nearing the end of its useful life to strengthen day-to-day reliability for homes and businesses, including $9.4 million to replace aging infrastructure such as poles, transformers and switchgear.
As well, to keep pace with population growth and new development, Alectra will spend $600,000 to connect new customers across Brampton and ensure that crews can quickly identify and restore power when issues arise, including a $6.2 million investment to modernize substations and deploy new automated devices by replacing outdated controllers with automated switches, improving restoration speed during disruptions. An additional $1.0 million will be invested to deploy additional automated devices that enable faster response to grid disturbances and help minimize the impact of outages.
Alectra will also replace and rehabilitate underground cables using cable injection technology, extending cable life and helping prevent outages.
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