Case Study: Lake Region Electric Cooperative achieves lower maintenance costs and improved reliability with S&C Electric Company’s TripSaver II Reclosers

Lake Region Electric Cooperative saves $120,000 annually with S&C Electric Company

Lake Region Electric Cooperative, a utility in Oklahoma, faced significant challenges with its hundreds of hydraulic reclosers, which required a costly six-year maintenance cycle and a large inventory of spare units. Their existing equipment also struggled with device coordination and could not accommodate growing system loads. Seeking an alternative, the cooperative explored options from S&C Electric Company.

S&C implemented its TripSaver II Cutout-Mounted Recloser as a solution. The results were highly successful, leading Lake Region to replace all its hydraulic units with the S&C devices. The cooperative achieved an estimated annual savings of at least $120,000 in maintenance costs alone, gained superior operational flexibility, and solved its device-coordination problems.

Lake Region Electric Cooperative