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Overhaul of Coop Citys transfomers near completion; near 75% complete

The ambitious project to overhaul each of the four main electrical transformers importing and exporting power to Coop City took a major step forward on Tuesday, 2/2/16, as the third of four transformers scheduled to be overhauled was returned to the Power Plant in refurbished condition.

This third unit to be overhauled was removed in late autumn 2015 and then brought back to the community by M&L power, the contractor that won the bid to remove the transformer and reinstall it.

"An overhaul of this type takes between twelve to sixteen weeks to be performed by the factory," said Brian Reardon, Director of the Coop City Power Plant.

"The unit was delivered back to Co-op City on Tuesday and it will take another week and a half to finish installing and testing it before it is energized. The overhaul of the fourth and last remaining transformer to be done is currently an item before the Riverbay Board of Directors.

Depending on available off site openings to get the overhaul done, the fourth transformer to be overhauled can likely be returned to the plant before summer 2016 to ensure that Riverbay has all four feeders operational for the summer months, which is the peak load period for the facility.

Two of the recently restored and overhaulde transformers date back to the original construction of the Coop City Power Plant in 1968.

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