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FW&A Begins Substation Designs for GPC

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Jacksonville, Florida – Georgia Power Company (GPC), the largest of four electric utilities owned by Southern Company, recently selected Fred Wilson & Associates to design upgrades for three power substations.

The largest of the three projects requires engineering for major upgrades to GPC’s 230kV/115kV/69kV Thomasville Substation.  FW&A designs will include layout modifications to the 230kV and 115kV bus configurations and the addition of bus tie circuit breakers and associated current transformers.

GPC has also asked FW&A to design upgrades to the utility’s North Griffin and Pittman Rd. substations.  Both projects include designs for the replacement of an obsolete oil circuit breaker with a new 115kV SF6 breaker and upgrades to the 115kV capacitor banks and capacitor bank controls.

Based in Jacksonville, Florida, Fred Wilson & Associates, Inc., provides public and private clients with consulting engineering services in the electrical, civil and structural engineering disciplines. FW&A’s Electrical Team specializes in design of power systems for electric utilities and for campuses and facilities of industrial and institutional clients. The firm’s Transportation Team specializes in designs for highway and bridge projects.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia Power is an investor-owned utility that serves 2.25 million customers in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties.

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