Remote-Controlled Substations of the New York and Queens Electric Light and Power Company

This paper describes a unit type of distribution substation which has been designed for a metropolitan district. Although of much lower capacity than other stations on the same system, its cost per ky-a. is approximately the same as the larger stations. The station is unattended and all operations are controlled from a distant attended station. The cost of operation per unit of capacity is no greater than for a much larger attended station. Remote control was adopted rather than automatic operation because of the nature of the load and territory served where service with minimum interruption is demanded.