Cleveland Utilities installs LEC Lightning Protection Systems

LIGHTING DISSIPATION systems such as these two located at Chattanooga’s Electric Power Board-operated facilities will be implemented soon to protect substations operated by Cleveland Utilities. The lightning protection systems “prevents direct lightning strikes by reducing the electric field to below lightning-collection levels, within the protected area. As a result, its dissipation array lightning protection systems helps “to prevent downtime and loss of assets, while increasing lightning safety for personnel,” according to Lightning Eliminators & Consultants Inc. CU Vice President, Electric Division Jimmy Isom told CU Board members the hawk nest in the photo on the left does not alter the effectiveness of the system.