At today’s New Orleans City Council session, the council approved 7-0 for Entergy to move forward with building and operating a new dedicated power substation at the Sewerage and Water Board’s Carrollton facility.
The council approved an Agreement in Principle that will greenlight the construction of a 60-megawatt Sullivan substation which is expected to be completed by the end of 2023. Entergy New Orleans will own, operate, and maintain the substation.
According to Entergy, the substation will increase reliable electricity to the SWBNO which will help the plant and its pumping station to be more resilient during a major storm or hurricane.
“A dedicated electrical substation at the future Sewerage and Water Board’s West Power Complex is important infrastructure for New Orleans and will bring much needed reliability and efficiency,” said SWBNO Executive Director Ghassan Korban. “A substation is part of building a modern power system. In addition to the substation, we are installing new backup turbines to provide in-house redundancy and added protection.”
The power substation will include two transmission lines and two transformers for redundancy.
“This is an important investment for the City of New Orleans that not only supports normal operations for the Sewerage and Water Board, but the future economic growth in New Orleans. This critical infrastructure project is needed to help support reliable service to the Sewerage and Water Board for generations to come,” said Deanna Rodriguez, President and CEO of Entergy New Orleans. “Providing improved reliability at the transmission level is important to both the Sewerage & Water Board and their customers, who also happen to be our customers.”
