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Presentation ParticipantsWELCOME TO ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
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WESTERN UNDERGROUND MARCH 25TH, 2015
BY: JANET LONNEKER, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER ELECTRIC SERVICES
CHARTER CITY Founded in 1857 Incorporated in 1876
HEART OF ORANGE COUNTY Anaheim is the hub of Orange County’s tourism industry, and
home to the Disneyland Resort, Anaheim Convention Center, and professional sports franchises such as Angels Baseball and Anaheim Ducks
20+ million people from around the world visit Anaheim each year, in addition to residents and commuters
Covers 50 square miles, located in Orange County
Population of over 348,000 people
Presentation ParticipantsSERVICE TERRITORY
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ELECTRIC SYSTEM
The Utility receives power via a 230-KV/69-KV substation and distributes power to its customers through ten 69-KV/12-KV substations.
200 MW natural gas power plant
115,000 electric meters and recorded a 595 MW system peak in Summer of 2006
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Park Substation
• First underground substation built under a park in
the United States.
• Use of Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) technology
reduced the required space by approximately 30-
40%
• Capacity to serve 25,000 current and future
residential customers.
• A two-acre play area sits above to provide much
needed recreational space for nearby neighbors.
• Dedicated in 2006.
Significant Projects
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Anaheim Substation
• Provides reliable electric service to all of
Downtown Anaheim.
• The exterior was constructed to resemble
Anaheim’s old Light & Water Works building, an
electric generation plant built in the early 1900s.
• Outfitted with two transformers, enough capacity
to provide electricity to 15,000 customers.
• Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) technology
allowed construction of a 30% smaller facility
• Dedicated in 2006.
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Significant Projects
Tour Scheduled for WUC Thursday, March
26th, 2015
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Anaheim is home to some of the most well-
known names in the tourism, hospitality,
medical facility, aerospace, and
telecommunication industries
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Business in Anaheim