What is a

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

These are excellent

questions!
Lets 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?

The electrical substation in the 1800 block of

Allen Street is similar to this one.

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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of

Allen Street is similar to this one.

What does a
substation do?
Electricity is made at
a very high, powerful
voltage. A substation
safely changes the
electricity from very
high voltage to lower
voltage we can use.

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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of

Allen Street is similar to this one.

How does a
substation work?
Transformers step
down the electricity
from the high voltage
needed to
economically transmit
the electricity.

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How does a
substation work?

The electrical substation in the 1800 block of

Allen Street is similar to this one.

There are also

complex circuit
breakers, switches,
relays, and capacitors.

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How does a
substation work?

The electrical substation in the 1800 block of

Allen Street is similar to this one.

Substations have
HUGE power poles
to bring in the high
voltage electricity.
These would be
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.

The electrical substation in the 1800 block of

Allen Street is similar to this one.

Substations are
monitored by remote
control.

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How does a
substation work?

The electrical substation in the 1800 block of

Allen Street is similar to this one.

Because these are

very dangerous
activities and no
workers are present,
they have automated
emergency gear.

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How does a
substation work?

There are detectors

for fire and line
breaks.
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.

There is automatic
fire suppression.

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How does a
substation work?

The electrical substation in the 1800 block of

Allen Street is similar to this one.

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!

The electrical substation in the 1800 block of

Allen Street is similar to this one.

Thats why there are

fences around them.
They can electrocute
people.

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Can a substation
harm me?
Poisonous and
corrosive chemicals
are inside the
substation.

The electrical substation in the 1800 block of

Allen Street is similar to this one.

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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of

Allen Street is similar to this one.

Can a substation
harm me?
All substations emit
invisible electrical
waves. Some
scientists believe
these waves harm us.
[Not all scientists agree about this,
including those at KCP&L.]

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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of

Allen Street is similar to this one.

Can a substation
harm me?
That buzz you hear at
the start of these
slides is similar to the
constant buzz from a
substation. This can
cause to headaches.

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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of

Allen Street is similar to this one.

So why do we have
substations?
We need them to
cheaply transfer
electricity.
Substations are a part
of what we call
essential
infrastructure.

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Essential Infrastructure on the Westside

Railroads & bridges
Pipelines for natural gas
:& other chemicals

Streets & highways

Radio, cell phone &

microwave towers

Water & wastewater treatment

plants

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Say NO! to another

Westside substation

The electrical substation in the 1800 block of

Allen Street is similar to this one.

Substations threaten
our health & safety.
Substations blight our
neighborhood with
ugliness.
Substations hurt our
property values.

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Say

NO!
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.

to another
Westside
substation

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Who needs to hear YOU say

NO

Substation
on the Westside

KCMO
Plans &
Zoning
Cmte

Councilman Terry Riley Chairperson (816) 513-1629

gets email at schylon_clayton@kcmo.org
Councilwoman Cindy Circo Co-Chair (816) 513-1633
gets email at gina_boucher@kcmo.org
Councilwoman Beth Gottstein (816) 513-1616
gets email at jim_giles@kcmo.org
Councilman Ed Ford
(816) 513-1601
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!
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.

to another
Westside
substation

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