Sidney City Council weighs proposal for new energy substation

The Sidney City Council weighed the decision to create a new energy substation at its meeting Tuesday night that would help ease the city’s needs as growth and construction continues.

The council listened to a proposal by Ken Fairchild of Olsson and Associates to create the that would help with the energy demand for upcoming projects such as the new hospital and the potential for a new elementary school.

Fairchild said he was concerned about Sidney’s two substations ability to to work independently in the case that one failed.

“It’s a compliment to the system you have now and some of the syste...