Eaton announced it is helping Green Mountain Power modernize, upgrade and automate the electrical system at its Proctor, Vermont hydroelectric plant. Under the contract, Eaton will update the plant's power and control systems allowing GMP to reduce costs, enhance reliability and manage the facility remotely. The project supports Green Mountain Power's long-standing effort to deliver the most environmentally sound and cost effective electricity possible for its customers.

Eaton will design and install new electrical infrastructure at the century-old Proctor hydroelectric station, which currently includes five turbine-generating units that produce 6.9 megawatts of low carbon energy. Expected to be complete in January 2015, the modernization project includes the replacement of the excitation system, governors, turbines, control system and power distribution equipment.