{"id":4894,"date":"2025-10-16T23:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/4894\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T23:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:50:09","slug":"duquesne-light-unveils-new-237m-pittsburgh-substation-designed-to-enhance-energy-resiliency-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/4894\/","title":{"rendered":"Duquesne Light unveils new $237M Pittsburgh substation designed to enhance energy resiliency \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Duquesne Light Company has unveiled its Watson Substation, a $237.4 million facility designed to enhance energy resiliency for Downtown Pittsburgh\u2019s Golden Triangle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Located in Pittsburgh\u2019s Bluff neighborhood, the Watson Substation aims to improve energy resiliency amid volatile weather and meet growing energy demands. It is part of Downtown\u2019s revitalization efforts, including preparations for the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cDLC is incredibly proud to invest in the future of our region through critical infrastructure projects like Watson,\u201d said Kevin Walker, DLC\u2019s president and CEO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Watson Substation features numerous network circuits, 130 rooftop solar panel and a robust stormwater management system. It will join DLC\u2019s Brunot Island and Forbes substations in supplying power to the Downtown community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The substation is scheduled for completion by December, with power transfer planned for Oct.28 and 29, potentially causing brief outages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">DLC has notified impacted customers and stakeholders about the power transfer, which will occur in two phases. Alternate dates for the transfer are Nov. 18 and 19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Duquesne Light Company has unveiled its Watson Substation, a $237.4 million facility designed to enhance energy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4523,4521,73,75,74,4522,3990],"class_list":["post-4894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-bluff","tag-duquesne-light-company","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-uptown","tag-watson-substation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}