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Elsewhere in the region, the Long Island Power Authority said it would elevate power substations especially in the Rockaways and on Fire Island.
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New York City, electric power is transmitted by high voltage cables encased in steel pipelines to electric substations where the power is converted to low voltage feeders supplying about 55 distribution networks.
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The northwestern Venezuelan states of Tachira, Merida, Barinas and Apure reportedly were affected by an unplanned electricity outage on April 12, when failures were reported in transmission lines at several electric substations.
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There were five substations that we visited this summer in Basra.
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Substations that were shut down last night in the Bridgeport area were not flooded, said Tony Marone, senior vice president at the United Illuminating Co.
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They infiltrate electrical substations and trigger power outages, including one in January at the island's biggest shopping mall.
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The ultimate in energy efficiency will come when power producers can turn on and off small substations at a moments notice based on real-time data on energy consumption at a household level, and consumers can make power purchasing decision based on real-time metering of their consumption.
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Substations and transformer boxes eventually reduce the power to the 110 volts that toast your muffin in the morning, but the electrical noise on a high-voltage line can destroy data signals immediately.
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