The City Council on Tuesday night postponed a decision on Commonwealth Edison’s latest proposal for a new power substation for the new Motorola cellular telephone plant.
A vote is expected at the council’s July 5 meeting.
During the past two months, negotiations between the utility and the city have been hampered by a state law mandating that Edison build the substation at the lowest possible cost and by a Harvard city ordinance that mandates that all high-voltage power lines inside city limits be buried.
Edison had agreed to bury the power cables but would have passed on the extra cost to Harvard consumers. The City Council unanimously defeated that proposal.
The latest proposal, which still is being negotiated, would allow overhead power cables but limit height and voltage.
“We are extremely satisfied with this proposal,” said Mayor William LeFew.
