Construction Update August 2021
4:36PM August 20, 2021
Construction Updates by Zone
Overall Update: While continual progress has been made since our last construction update, COVID-related material and resource constraints continue to make for a very challenging environment. We have activated over 6,000 accounts—and are on track to exceed 7,000 by the end of the year. Due to the constraints, some of the remaining project start dates have been pushed, but we are working to nearly double our construction resources within the next few weeks to speed up the construction pace.
As a reminder, phone service is now available for members that have SCI Fiber. Contact our office at 833.444.2504 for pricing and additional information.
Please see below for estimated timelines related to zones being constructed in 2021 and 2022.
Please remember that there are many factors that could change these timelines!
In-Service Zones: Construction including drops is complete for Brooklyn 102, Brooklyn 104, Brooklyn 105, Cope 101, Cope 102, Cope 104, East Madison 103, East Madison 104, Heartland 104, Martinsville SE, Needmore 102, Needmore 103, Needmore 104, Paragon 101, Park Ave 101, Park Ave 104, Princes Lakes 103, Rodeo, Bean Blossom 101 and Bean Blossom 102 (except for a few smaller areas awaiting permits/licenses). New orders for these zones are continually coming in. Our target is to provide service to any new orders in these zones within 6 weeks of registering if weather allows.
Construction is completed and drops/activations are well underway for Ellettsville 101, Princes Lakes 101, and Princes Lakes 104.
Brummetts Creek 103: Vegetation work is completed, paving the way for distribution construction to start this fall with drops/activations starting in late 2021.
Brummetts Creek 104: Vegetation work is completed, paving the way for distribution construction to start this fall with drops/activations starting in late 2021.
Brummetts Creek 105: Brummetts Creek 105 is a large zone. Distribution construction is expected to start in late 2021 and continue through Spring of 2022. Drops and activations are expected to start in the first quarter of 2022.
Carp 101: Distribution construction is expected to start in early 2022, with drops/activations starting in Spring of 2022.
Carp 102: Distribution construction is expected to start in early 2022, with drops/activations starting in Spring of 2022.
Dolan 105: Distribution construction is ongoing and will likely continue through October. The first part of the construction is nearing completion which will allow certain drops and activations to start in September.
Ellettsville 105: Distribution construction is ongoing and will likely continue through October. The first part of the construction is nearing completion which will allow certain drops and activations to start in September.
Heartland 103: Distribution construction is expected to start in early 2022, with drops starting in early 2nd quarter of 2022.
Paragon 102: Distribution construction is ongoing and expected to be completed in September, with drops/activations starting in October.
Romona 101: Distribution construction is expected to start in early 2022, with drops starting in early 2nd quarter of 2022.
Romona 103: Distribution construction is expected to start in early 2022, with drops starting in early 2nd quarter of 2022.
Romona 104: Distribution construction is expected to start in early 2022, with drops starting in early 2nd quarter of 2022.
Spencer (North and South): Spencer is a large zone. Distribution construction is about 10% complete and will likely continue through the end of the year with drops/activations starting in first quarter of 2022.
Stader 104: Distribution construction is nearly complete and drops have started to be constructed.
Wilbur 103: Distribution construction is nearly complete, drops/activations are expected to start in late September.
SCI REMC/Smithville Partnership – Ellettsville South: Distribution construction is complete, drops/activations are expected to start in September.
SCI REMC/Smithville Partnership – McNeely: Distribution construction is nearly complete, drops/activations are expected to start in October.
SCI REMC/Smithville Partnership – Sherfield Northwest: Distribution construction is nearly complete, drops/activations are expected to start in November.
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Backbone: We continue to construct backbone fiber throughout our system ahead of the distribution fiber. The backbone is used to interconnect our substations enabling smart grid technology to improve the safety and reliability of our electric distribution system. In addition, it provides the fiber connectivity from our headend to your home. Construction is currently focusing on building backbone along the southern and northern portions of our system to create “rings.” These rings provide redundant paths from the substations back to our headend. This means that if one path, for some reason, gets cut, the system will automatically redirect traffic to the backup path and prevent a service outage to our electric distribution devices as well as your home.
