JULY 2013
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By: Toronto Hydro
Between 2006 and 2011, the population in the city’s downtown increased by
over 50 per cent. Based on Toronto Hydro’s load forecast, between 2017 and
2022 anticipated load increases will exceed the ability of the company’s five
downtown stations to handle demand. In downtown Toronto, there is an im-
mediate need for additional capacity. Toronto Hydro’s new downtown trans-
former station, officially named the Clare R. Copeland Transformer Station,
will provide much needed additional capacity to serve current and future load
requirements in this high-density, high-growth area of Toronto. In addition, the
new station will ‘back up’ the existing Windsor Transformer Station, located
on Front Street, in order to enable staged replacements of its end-of-life equip-
ment.
Work is well underway at the construction site of Toronto’s new downtown
transformer station. Located on federal heritage lands, near the historic John
Street Roundhouse north of Lakeshore Boulevard, it is the first station built
in the downtown core by Toronto Hydro since 1955. When in service, it will
provide electricity to buildings and neighbourhoods in the central-southwest
region of Toronto, including major institutions such as the CBC, Rogers Centre
and the new Ripley’s Aquarium. The majority of the station will be built under-
