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What is a
SUBSTATION ?
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These are excellent
questions!
Lets deal with them
one at a time.
What is a substation?
what does it do?
how does it work?
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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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Water comes
from the water
plant in very big
pipes (taller than a nio),
yet it comes out
in your cocina or
bao in much
smaller pipes.
What is a substation?
The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
Think of it like
a connector for
different sized
water pipes.
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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.
What does a
substation do?
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.
How does a
substation work?
Transformers step
down the electricity
from the high voltage
needed to
economically transmit
the electricity.
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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
How does a
substation work?
There are also
complex circuit
breakers, switches,
relays, and capacitors.

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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
How does a
substation work?
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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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
How does a
substation work?
These are the power
lines on Troost.
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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
How does a
substation work?
Substations operate
without any workers
on-site.
Substations are
monitored by remote
control.
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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
How does a
substation work?
Because these are
very dangerous
activities and no
workers are present,
they have automated
emergency gear.
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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
How does a
substation work?
There are detectors
for fire and line
breaks.

There is automatic
fire suppression.
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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
How does a
substation work?
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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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
Can a substation
harm me?
The short answer is
YES!

Thats why there are
fences around them.
They can electrocute
people.
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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
Can a substation
harm me?
Poisonous and
corrosive chemicals
are inside the
substation.
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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
Streets & highways
Radio, cell phone &
microwave towers
Railroads & bridges
Pipelines for natural gas
:& other chemicals
Water & wastewater treatment
plants
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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
Say NO! to another
Westside substation
Substations hurt our
property values.
Substations blight our
neighborhood with
ugliness.
Substations threaten
our health & safety.
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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
Say
NO!
to another
Westside
substation
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Who needs to hear YOU say
NO Substation
on the Westside
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
KCMO
Plans &
Zoning
Cmte
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Who needs to hear YOU say
Michael Chesser
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Great Plains Energy & KCP&L
P.O. Box 418679
Kansas City, MO 64141-9679
NO Substation
on the Westside
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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. 11
th
Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
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The electrical substation in the 1800 block of
Allen Street is similar to this one.
Say
NO!
to another
Westside
substation