USA, New York: The New York Public Service Commission approved a $47.3\u00a0M Con Edison project in June 2025 to install a fifth 138\/13 kV transformer at Parkchester No. 1 substation in the Bronx. A new 138 kV feeder from East 179th Street substation will supply the transformer.<\/p>\n
The investment is intended to address projected load growth around Zerega Avenue and Hunts Point, including demand from electric vehicle charging and building electrification.<\/p>\n
Con Edison identified 14 potential EV charging hotspots across its service territory. Further analysis identified four locations requiring urgent near-term investment, including the two Bronx areas.<\/p>\n
The Bronx project was approved within a programme of 29 urgent upgrades across New York State. The commission authorised development and cost recovery for projects meeting its criteria for need, urgency, certainty and cost-effectiveness.<\/p>\n
Con Edison\u2019s nine proposed urgent projects had a combined estimated capital cost of $854.9\u00a0M and were expected to add 485\u00a0MW of incremental system capacity. They covered primary feeders, area substations, sub-transmission infrastructure and distribution systems.<\/p>\n
East 179th Street substation, which will supply the new feeder, opened in 2007 as a $300\u00a0M facility housing two substations with a combined capacity of 900\u00a0MW. Its brick fa\u00e7ade was designed to resemble Bronx rowhouses and blend into the surrounding neighbourhood.<\/p>\n
Source: The Times of India<\/p>\n