January 2012 Capital Investment - National Grid

Exhibit ___ (EIOP-19)Page 130 of 684the area. Customers are served via fifteen 13.2kV feeders and eleven 4.8kV feeders.The Manlius Fayetteville study area serves approximately 22,400 customers. The studyarea is a residential suburb of Syracuse. The distribution system consists of one 115-34.5kV, four 115-13.2kV and one 34.5-4.8kV substation. Most new load additions to thearea are residential developments.The North Syracuse study area serves approximately 65,800 customers. The study area isthe northern suburb of the City of Syracuse. It has experienced the majority of the newhousing which has been built in the Syracuse metropolitan area. The distribution systemconsists of one 115-34.5kV, eight 115-13.2kV and five 34.5-4.8kV stations. The physicalbarriers in the North Syracuse area are the two interstates highways, I-81 and I-90.The Syracuse study area serves approximately 58,100 customers. The study area is madeup of the City of Syracuse in central New York as well as the Village of Skaneateles about20 miles southwest of the city. The primary distribution system voltages in Syracuse are13.2kV and 4.16kV. There is also a 12kV network fed out of Ash St. substation. Most of thearea is fed from a 34.5kV sub transmission system supplied by Ash St, Elbridge, Solvay,Teall Ave., and Tilden substations. There is also some 13.2kV fed directly from the 115kVtransmission system.The Volney study area serves approximately 53,800 customers. The study area includesthe cities of Oswego and Fulton. The distribution system consists of four 115-34.5kV, seven115-13.2kV, five 34.5-13.2kV and nine 34.5-5kV substations. A physical barrier in this areais the Oswego River, which is also a canal.The West Syracuse study area serves approximately 21,000 customers. The study area isa suburb west of the City of Syracuse. The distribution system consists of one 115-34.5kV,two 115-13.2kV, three 34.5-5kV substations and five 5kV substations.V - 16131