Kestrel 400 kV Substation

P—221

400 kV

Voltage

Kestrel 400 kV Substation

Client

Transmission utility

Client

Transmission utility

Location

Abilene, TX

Sector

Energy & Utilities

Delivery

EPC

Value

$155M

Duration

20 months

Status

Completed

Year

2026

§ 01 — Overview

A 400 kV substation energised to the grid operator's date

The challenge

A 400 kV substation that had to be energised on the transmission operator's fixed outage date.

Engineering approach

Civil, structural and electrical packages were held under one EPC contract, with protection testing scheduled backwards from the outage.

Execution

The substation was energised on the agreed date, and all protection schemes passed witnessed testing.

§ 05

Key metrics

400 kV

Voltage

Bays

Met

Outage date

EPC

Delivery

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