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What is the Dodge City Resiliency Project?
Victory Electric is taking a big step toward stronger, more reliable service with the Dodge City Resiliency Project. In 2024, Victory Electric was approved for a grid resiliency grant to improve infrastructure in Dodge City. The U.S. Department of Energy, the Kansas Corporation Commission and the Build Kansas Fund are jointly investing over $2.1 million in this project, which involves the installation of 200-225 TripSaver devices on single-phase taps throughout the Dodge City area.
Installation of the first batch of TripSaver devices is expected to begin in late summer or early fall. Victory Electric estimates the project will be completed by fall 2028. The installation will be completed in stages and include several structural replacements, further increasing resiliency throughout the project area. Victory has worked with Sunflower Electric for cost analysis and other research to determine the best device placement, equipment coordination and optimal programming settings.
Resilient electrical systems recover more quickly from disruption that might diminish the quality or continuity of electricity supply. Improving grid resiliency ensures that the communities Victory Electric serves will remain powered when problems occur. It also boosts the economic stability of the region by preventing prolonged power outages that disrupt businesses.
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Fast Facts
- Install approximately 225 devices on single phase taps across the Dodge City area.
- TripSavers are smart devices used to detect and mitigate temporary faults, usually less than 5 seconds in length, in order to keep the power flowing.
- TripSavers have been shown to reduce the total number of outages and decrease the length of outages by isolating the outage to smaller sections of the distribution system.
- Outage crews can more quickly identify the location of an outage and potential cause to make repairs faster.
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How It Works
- 80% of the faults on a power system are temporary problems caused be weather, wildlife or vegetation.
- A fuse is a single-use device that protects a section of power line and prevents the outage from affecting many other services upstream.
- When a problem on the line occurs and blows a fuse, the line loses power until a worker is able to travel to the location and replace it.
- If a problem occurs on a line with a TripSaver installed, the device will de-energize the line for a brief period of time, then re-energize it.
- This resolves the temporary fault and keeps the power flowing, and members experience a blink in power rather than an outage.
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Project Updates
- Check back here for project updates.