What is the Project?

The City is proposing a new substation to accommodate the growth and increasing electrical needs in the southwest area of the city and the city’s electric service territory.

Why do we need this Project?

The Project is needed to address the increasing demand for electricity and to support the development of important community infrastructure, such as housing, schools, recreation facilities, and commercial establishments, which would otherwise be limited without enhancements to the electrical system in the south.

What is new about this Project?

The City has narrowed down the planned substation location to two potential sites, a preferred and an alternate. These sites were identified by assessing a number of criteria, including community feedback, environmental impacts, visual impacts, agricultural impacts, engineering considerations, and costs.

Each of these sites are suitable for housing a substation and may be submitted to the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) for review and approval. Although the City may submit two substation site options, only the AUC approved site would be constructed.

Read the most recent newsletter (Fall 2024)

Review the preferred and alternate site layouts and proposed transmission lines

Understand how potential site locations were determined

What might the Project look like?

The City of Medicine Hat has received renderings of the two proposed sites for the Medicine Hat Southwest Substation. These renderings are designed to assist with understanding how the proposed project may look on the landscape from three separate viewpoints.

Review the renderings for the preferred and alternate sites

How can you get involved?

Thank you to everyone who visited our October 2024 drop-in information centers and completed the Fall 2024 online survey (closed November 12, 2024).

The project team sincerely appreciates your time and engagement. As a reminder, you still have the opportunity to share your thoughts and feedback through direct conversations about the project with a member of the project team.