Reactive Support · 500kV

Mead Substation Capacitor Banks

500kV class · Boulder City, Nevada · Western Area Power Administration

Location: Boulder City, Nevada
Client: Western Area Power Administration
Scope: 500 kV hub · Shunt capacitor banks · Voltage support

Mead is one of the West's big 500kV hubs, out in the El Dorado Valley near Hoover Dam and a wholesale trading point for the whole region. Shunt capacitor banks there feed reactive power back into the system to hold voltage up under heavy load.

Racks of capacitor units, framed steel, and a switching sequence tight enough to build it against live EHV bus.

Elevated reactive-power equipment platform at the Mead Substation near Boulder City, Nevada — Reactive equipment on the elevated platform at Mead.

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