Pierre City Commission Rejects Bids For Power Transformers

Pierre City Commission Rejects Bids For Power Transformers

PIERRE — The Pierre City Commission has rejected bids for new single-phase transformers for use on the city’s electrical grid. Utilities Director Brad Palmer says the first request for bids got no input and the second round didn’t meet specs…

Palmer says while having back-ups are nice for peace-of-mine, the city can make do on what they have for a while…

The high costs for transformers aren’t likely to change soon…

Commissioners voted five-zero to rejected the transformer bids.