On Tuesday, February 6, Tideland energized its new Fairfield Harbour substation, located in the King Neck Road area of Craven County. The co-op moved 2,911 metered services to the new substation. Most of those services had previously been served by the co-op’s Silver Hill substation in Grantsboro, while 350 received power from the Edward substation in Beaufort County.

In recent years, the demand for power during cold weather events began to tax Silver Hill’s capacity. The new substation not only alleviates those concerns it also eliminates many miles of line between the servicing substation and end-of-line members in Fairfield Harbour and Ernul.

In addition to substation construction, the $6 million project included new feeder circuits built along Broad Creek Road in New Bern.

“We appreciate our members bearing with the traffic delays so construction crews could work safely on that busy stretch of road,” said Tideland chief executive officer Paul Spruill.