[OSM-newbies] Help with substation data

[Ricky Satomi]

Hello all,

Couple questions about power data in OSM

Can we upload place data from google maps into the osm database? I know 
there are lots of discussion on how not to use Google data in osm but I 
can't find the specific part in google's TOS that prohibits using places 
data in outside applications.

I have publicly available substation data provided by utility companies 
that I would like to import / merge into the existing osm planet data. 
Where do I start?

Thanks!