NSTAR Electric Company was awarded an $8.23 million contract from the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) in Virginia for electrical upgrades at the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick.
The upgrades to the high voltage electrical distribution system at the Center will begin this fall and last for about a year. The current system is more than 50 years old and will be demolished, along with the aerial cable and wooden utility polls. NSTAR will own and operate the new electrical system upon completion of the project, and take over all upkeep requirements from the Army.
NSTAR plans to install an underground, looped high voltage distribution system as well as new transformers to power more than two dozen laboratory, administration, and other buildings on the 78-acre site.
