Delivering Reliability
Delivering Reliability
Electric utilities must continually assess demands and issues such as regulatory compliance, aging facilities and antiquated technology, interconnection issues, competition, and limited resources to upgrade electric T&D infrastructure. These challenges mean utilities and interconnecting generators require consultants with in-depth industry knowledge and experience.
At IEC Corporation, our experts are able to analyze a wide range of technical and business-related issues associated with the transmission and distribution power system and are experienced with solving the unique challenges involved with the planning, operations, and maintenance of electric utility systems and equipment.
This expertise allows us to solve power system problems and guide our clients in maintaining compliance, extending asset life, controlling costs, negotiating and managing interconnection, and improving reliability and performance.
IEC works closely with each client to determine whether existing lines or substations can be retrofitted and modernized to increase capacity or whether new facilities are required. Our engineers and specialists also maintain a particular focus on cost, maintenance, safety, reliability, and visual impact when designing each project. IEC serves our clients through the entire design process – from initial site, system, and facility review and planning to detailed engineering, construction and commissioning – for distribution and high voltage transmission substations, including new station designs through 230 kV, and station expansions and upgrades.
Power protection systems do just what the name implies: they protect your equipment from the effects of power surges and power failures. The electrical power system is a highly complex, dynamic entity, and the entire grid could be put at risk by one malfunction or a carelessly set relay. IEC employs electrical engineers with extensive experience as system protection and control engineers. Our engineers are familiar with both electro-mechanical and microprocessor-based relays for transmission, distribution, and generation protection systems.
With a properly designed SCADA system, a system operator can immediately identify issues and send repair crews to the site of the problem. IEC’s engineers work closely with utility and public agency engineers in issues involving RTU and SCADA, and stay current with the related technology and standards. Our experts can program enhanced features into each electric SCADA system to control breakers and tie switches to allow ease of load transfers from one feeder or substation to another. Our utility clients can then see the exact configuration and easily monitor the operational status of the system at all times.
