Growth on PUC Firms Inc.’s new state-of-the-art Substation 16 has formally been completed and the substation is now in operation in Sault Ste. Marie.

Using fashionable experience, the model new substation will help cut back the frequency and size of vitality outages inside the metropolis’s North end, and provide elevated functionality to accommodate future improvement and monetary enchancment all through the group.

“The $6 million funding might also cut back working and maintenance costs on an ongoing basis, and help help the model new Sault Good Grid system, saving residential prospects a imply of two.7 % on their month-to-month funds,” PUC acknowledged in a data launch Wednesday.

“The rebuild of Substation 16 is part of PUC’s larger method to place cash into renewing ageing infrastructure that may improve reliability and vitality effectivity shifting forward,” acknowledged Robert Brewer, President and CEO, PUC Firms Inc.

The rebuild of Substation 16, positioned on Third Line and the nook of Good Northern Avenue, was necessary, as a result of the earlier facility was in service for higher than 50 years, exceeding its life expectancy.