What is UEs inspection program for underground electric facilities?
In 2008, the Missouri Public Service Commission issued reliability rules for investor-owned public utilities that require inspecting infrastructure, including underground facilities. As part of this program, UE is visiting the property of many of our customers to inspect our underground equipment. The most commonly inspected equipment will be pad-mounted transformers. UE is conducting two types of inspections—a patrol inspection completed every four years is a simple, visual inspection designed to identify obvious problems and hazards. A detailed inspection, completed once every eight years, will carefully examine individual pieces of equipment and structures, visually and through use of routine diagnostic testing. Equipment will be opened and its condition rated and recorded. Here are the guidelines for this program.
