What is a

SUBSTATION ?
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What is a substation?
… what does it do?
… how does it work?

These are excellent

questions!

Let’s deal with them

one at a time.

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What is a substation?

An electrical
substation takes
electricity from a very
high voltage and
lowers it to the
voltage we use in our
homes & businesses
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What is a substation?
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What does a
substation do?
Electricity is made at
a very high, powerful
voltage. A substation
safely changes the
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
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high voltage to lower
voltage we can use.
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How does a
substation work?
Transformers ‘step
down’ the electricity
from the high voltage
needed to
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
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the electricity.

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How does a
substation work?
There are also
complex circuit
breakers, switches,
relays, and capacitors.
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How does a
substation work?
Substations have
HUGE power poles
to bring in the high
voltage electricity.
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
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more than 200 feet
tall on the WestSide
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How does a
substation work?

The electrical substation in the 1800 block of

Allen Street is similar to this one.

These are the power

lines on Troost.
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How does a
substation work?
Substations operate
without any workers
on-site.

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Allen Street is similar to this one. Substations are
monitored by remote
control.
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How does a
substation work?
Because these are
very dangerous
activities and no
workers are present,
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emergency gear.

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How does a
substation work?
There are detectors
for fire and line
breaks.
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fire suppression.

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How does a
substation work?
KCP&L workers will
come occasionally to
do maintenance work
on the substation.
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A quick picture of how substation works

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Can a substation
harm me?
The short answer is
YES!

That’s why there are

The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
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They can electrocute
people.
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Can a substation
harm me?
Poisonous and
corrosive chemicals
are inside the
substation.
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Can a substation
harm me?
All substations emit
invisible electrical
waves. Some
scientists believe
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
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[Not all scientists agree about this,
including those at KCP&L.]

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Can a substation
harm me?
That buzz you hear at
the start of these
slides is similar to the
constant buzz from a
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
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cause to headaches.

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So why do we have
substations?
We need them to
cheaply transfer
electricity.
Substations are a part
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essential
infrastructure.
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Essential Infrastructure on the Westside
Railroads & bridges
Pipelines for natural gas
:& other chemicals

Streets & highways

Water & wastewater treatment

plants
Radio, cell phone &
microwave towers

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. Say NO! to another
Westside substation
Substations threaten
our health & safety.
Substations blight our
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neighborhood with
ugliness.
Substations hurt our
property values.
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Say
NO!
to another
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
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Westside
substation
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Who needs to hear YOU say
“NO Substation
on the Westside”
Councilman Terry Riley Chairperson (816) 513-1629
gets email at schylon_clayton@kcmo.org
KCMO Councilwoman Cindy Circo Co-Chair (816) 513-1633
gets email at gina_boucher@kcmo.org
Plans & Councilwoman Beth Gottstein (816) 513-1616
Zoning gets email at jim_giles@kcmo.org
Councilman Ed Ford (816) 513-1601
Cmte gets email at lisa_minardi@kcmo.org
Councilman John Sharp (816) 513-1615
gets email at araceli_gallegos@kcmo.org
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Who needs to hear YOU say
“NO Substation
on the Westside”

Michael Chesser
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Great Plains Energy & KCP&L
P.O. Box 418679
Kansas City, MO 64141-9679
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Who needs to hear YOU say
“NO Substation
on the Westside”
Michael Merriman
Chairman & President
Financial Holding Company
300 W 11th St
Kansas City, MO 64105-1618
Thomas A. McDonnell
Chief Executive Officer & President DST Systems
Vince Dasta President DST Realty
333 W. 11th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
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Say
NO!
to another
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Westside
substation
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