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What is a substation?

What is a substation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A site where electricity supplied by long-distance (high-voltage) transmission lines is transformed and/or regulated for local (low-voltage) distribution.
  2. A satellite police station serving one neighborhood or part of a larger jurisdiction.
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Southern Pines supplies electricity to the substation that powers the Colonial pipeline.
Next door to the proposed site is a massive electrical substation with overhead power cables carrying 33,000 volts.
Merely locating the car parking area next to the substation will not resolve the problem.
Unrest was triggered by the deaths of two teenagers electrocuted in a power substation where they hid to escape police.
A lone, single bomb, thermally guided, had hit the electric substation outside the perimeter of the complex, causing little damage.
They were electrocuted in a power substation where they hid, thinking police were chasing them.

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