2017 December North Arkansas Electric Center Pages

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Clarkridge Substation and transmission line linking it to Three Brothers Substation almost are complete. The substation was constructed by, from left: Dennis Reynolds, Joey Burk, Chris Tomlinson, Dustin Ray, Ethan Pierce and Paul Garrison.

Two new substations come online in 2017 North Arkansas Electric Cooperative constantly works to improve our system so that we better can serve members. The largest projects in 2017 are the Clarkridge and Russell Lane II substations in Baxter County. “In addition to adding needed capacity, these substations will improve our flexibility both during normal operations and outage situations,” said NAEC Operations Manager James Woody. The power in the Clarkridge area currently comes from another substation through a lake crossing at Pigeon Creek. The new Clarkridge Substation will provide a source of power directly in the Clarkridge area, eliminating the dependency on the lake crossing. The substation also will alleviate some loading in the area and provide room for expected growth in the next few years. Once the transmission line to the substation is complete, NAEC will be able to energize the new substation and begin serving members through it. The Russell Lane II Substation is in operation and serving a large industrial member. Russell Lane I Substation, which is on the same site, now is dedicated to serving current residential and business members in the area and has capacity to meet future industrial and residential needs.

North Arkansas Electric Cooperative’s offices will be closed Dec. 25-26 as well as Jan. 1. Crews will be ready to respond in the event of an outage. Please call 870-895-3221.

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Russell Lane II Substation in Baxter County came online in 2017. It was constructed by, from left: Chance Bailey, Jay Jones, Vanis Davidson and Jason Perryman.


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