diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Research/technologies.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Research/technologies.yml
index 632cdac6d0..3068ba47cc 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Research/technologies.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Research/technologies.yml
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@
     - FirelockElectronics
     - DoorElectronics
     - APCElectronics
+    - SubstationMachineCircuitboard
     - HydroponicsTrayMachineCircuitboard
     - SolarControlComputerCircuitboard
 
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Devices/Circuitboards/Machine/production.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Devices/Circuitboards/Machine/production.yml
index 6eb7fc6a6c..336da5e259 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Devices/Circuitboards/Machine/production.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Devices/Circuitboards/Machine/production.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,19 @@
           DefaultPrototype: Beaker
           ExamineName: Glass Beaker
 
+- type: entity
+  id: SubstationMachineCircuitboard
+  parent: BaseMachineCircuitboard
+  name: Substation (Machine Board)
+  components:
+    - type: MachineBoard
+      prototype: BaseSubstation
+      requirements:
+        Capacitor: 3
+      materialRequirements:
+        CableMV: 5
+        CableHV: 5
+
 - type: entity
   id: KitchenReagentGrinderMachineCircuitboard #unsure why the reagent grinder has 'kitchen' in the id name when multiple departments use it but that's for another time
   parent: BaseMachineCircuitboard
@@ -126,4 +139,3 @@
           Amount: 1
           DefaultPrototype: Beaker
           ExamineName: Glass Beaker
-
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Machines/lathe.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Machines/lathe.yml
index 0fd76d3a64..68bfff8f56 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Machines/lathe.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Machines/lathe.yml
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
       - FirelockElectronics
       - DoorElectronics
       - APCElectronics
+      - SubstationMachineCircuitboard
       - AirAlarmElectronics
       - FireAlarmElectronics
       - CloningPodMachineCircuitboard
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/substation.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/substation.yml
index c84f7b0271..9efb25f9d1 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/substation.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/substation.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   placement:
     mode: SnapgridCenter
   components:
-  - type: Sprite
+  - type: Sprite # TODO: add sprite for maintenance panel open
     sprite: Structures/Power/substation.rsi
     layers:
     - state: substation
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
     maxChargeRate: 5000
     supplyRampTolerance: 5000
     supplyRampRate: 1000
+  - type: Construction
+    graph: machine
+    node: machine
   - type: Destructible
     thresholds:
     - trigger:
@@ -63,4 +66,9 @@
     devastationRange: 1
     heavyImpactRange: 3
     lightImpactRange: 5
-    flashRange: 6
\ No newline at end of file
+    flashRange: 6
+  - type: Wires
+    BoardName: "Substation"
+    LayoutId: Substation
+  - type: Machine
+    board: SubstationMachineCircuitboard
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Lathes/electronics.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Lathes/electronics.yml
index 0f3b33964a..93b6fdf33a 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Lathes/electronics.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Lathes/electronics.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@
      Steel: 50
      Glass: 50
 
+- type: latheRecipe
+  id: SubstationMachineCircuitboard
+  icon: Objects/Misc/module.rsi/id_mod.png
+  result: SubstationMachineCircuitboard
+  completetime: 1000
+  materials:
+     Steel: 100
+     Glass: 100
+
 - type: latheRecipe
   id: CloningPodMachineCircuitboard
   icon: Objects/Misc/module.rsi/id_mod.png