Clarke Electric has reviewed the operations and maintenance projects for 2022 and the numbers are in.
We had an extremely busy year with three large projects completed that were unscheduled but became a priority early in the year. An extensive remodel of the campgrounds at Lake Ahquabi required CEC to build seven new services. Roeslein Alternative Energy needed six new three-phase line services to manage its gas capturing system. And Iowa Select Farms required 11.5 miles of new three-phase line construction for its newest confinement.
Those projects were in addition to our scheduled annual workplan, which included pole replacements in the Clio substation, testing 2,206 poles in the Grand River substation as well as right-of-way maintenance in the I-35, Murray and White Oak substations. Breaker maintenance was performed in the Medora substation. Our linemen also converted single phase lines to three-phase lines in the Grand River north circuit. And, of course, there are daily items that come up such as storm restoration or car vs. pole accidents.
In 2022, we connected 104 new services with more than 1,908 miles of line in service. We retired 47 services and sold more than 116,279,105 kWh (see table below). We had a busy year operationally.
All of the work performed is necessary to provide our member-consumers with a safe, affordable and dependable power source.