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Who We Are > Facility & Service
Area > Facility & Substation Info
 About
our Facilities
Providing reliable and affordable service
is something Sam Houston Electric Cooperative takes seriously
and works hard to uphold on a daily basis. Perhaps the biggest
part of this job is maintaining and upgrading our system,
facilities and equipment to accommodate our service needs
as the community and the Cooperative grow.
About Substations
A substation's job is to reduce high voltage
power that comes from transmission lines and then send the
lower voltage power out through our distribution lines to
the homes and businesses we serve.
Substations are an integral part of our system.
That's why we take action to upgrade and/or build new substations
as necessary to accommodate load growth and therefore improve
reliability.
Today, there are 40 substations on our system
that carry electricity to more than 51,000 members over approximately
6,000 miles of distribution lines. To enhance our ability to tackle emergencies and complete system upgrades with minimal service
interruptions, Sam Houston EC acquired a second mobile substation in 2008. Also, in the event a substation
is damaged, the mobile substation can be deployed for faster power restoration.
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