On August 17, 2018, Duke Energy sent a letter to homeowners about the new location that has been chosen for the substation construction. Click the pictures at the bottom of this post to see a picture of the letter in this post.
Instead of constructing the substation near the existing substation by the Monon trail head, Duke has purchased property south of the Autumn Lake subdivision for the substation. This new location should not require the trees along the east side of Rohrer Road to be cleared to make way for the 69-kV transmission line to connect the new substation to the existing lines that cross US 31. The new location is adjacent to US 31 already.
Construction on the new site is expected to begin in October 2018 with intent to have the substation operating in spring 2019. It could get pretty noisy pretty soon.
The Carmel City Council will review the plans once they are filed with the city. The Council will be pushing for the substation to be positioned as far from houses as businesses as possible and for Duke to plant vegetation to screen the site from view.
