SCI Benner Township
New 530,000 SF facility consists of 26 individual buildings strategically placed on an 88-acre site to accommodate a housing capacity of 2,000 inmate beds and functions as the central transportation hub of all of the Commonwealth’s correctional facilities
The electrical services for the prison facility included:
- 47 kV double ended main-tie-main service entrance with campus-wide dual loop feed underground distribution systems
- 6000 kW of standby power providing 100% back-up to the entire facility via three 2000KW, 12.47 kV diesel generators. Stand-by power is tied into the facilities 12.47 kV campus underground distribution system via 15kV paralleling switchgear.
- Campus-wide metering/monitoring system with PLC control of remote circuit breakers featuring touch-screen human interface
- Campus-wide fire alarm system with fiber optic backbone
- Integrated low-voltage lighting control
