# Site selection for electricity-intensive uses ## How to find substations There are two methods to locate electricity substations, which are based on whether you already have a property in mind. ### Starting *without* a specific property in mind Use Property Finder to filter for properties that are near a TDL facility (or electricity substation). 1. Open a Property Report or a Place Report. 2. In a Property Report, select "Property Finder" in the table of contents and the browser will scroll to that section and select the "Load Property Finder" button. In a Place Report, select the "Load Property Finder button" if Property Finder hasn't already opened. 3. At the bottom of the Property Finder filters look for "Additional filters" and select the "reveal additional filters" link. 4. In the additional filters, look for "Transportation & logistics" (see *screenshot 1* below). Select one of the radio button options to filter for properties that are near a known electricity substation that your proposed facility might need to connect to. 5. Select the "Apply filters" button. 6. Scroll up to the data table and map, which will refresh to show properties that meet the substation criterion you selected. *Screenshot 1 showing the transportation & logistics filters within Property Finder* ### Starting *with* a specific property in mind Chicago Cityscape shows on a map the nearest TDL facilities within the Logistics Snapshot that accompanies each Property Report (an address-based report) and Place Report (an area-based report) that members look up. 1. Look up a Property Report, or a Place Report. 2. In the table of contents, select "Additional snapshots". 3. Select Logistics Snapshot. 4. On the Logistics Snapshot webpage, select "Substations" in the table of contents to be taken directly to the map of facilities. [Access a sample (free and open to everyone) Logistics Snapshot](http://chicagocityscape.com/transportation.php?place=user-unlocked-sample-report-washington-park), for an area in Washington Park (a Chicago neighborhood.) ## Related articles - [[Finding TDL facilities]]