We've included below areas that impact utility control centers everywhere. The big engineering consulting firms don't have the bench strength in the control center, because they've likely never done the job, but we have! Which area below would you like to explore further and see how SESC can drive meaningful results with your challenges?
Have an issue that's not directly listed/addressed? Our resources are ever expanding, we can ALWAYS find a solution, or recommend a path forward for you at no obligation.
Paperless conversions are not enough in today's control center. You must be moving to an auditable system of record that has the highest availability and 24/7/365 support because that is the control centers mission. Which includes innovations toward electronic field switching, FERC SOC compliant automation of notifications, and much more. Let our consulting engineers team up to help you roadmap from the way it's always been done, to where you want it to be.
Utility control center changes must be methodical, vetted, and communicated precisely. While the control center is typically a remote hub of activity, changes within it impact every area of the business and how it gets done. Our SME's can meet your teams where they are and take the hard questions and feedback to make sure your project launch goes off exactly as planned and all stakeholders are ready.
Sun-Net's complete offering of tools to perform all daily operations flow on-time, execute safely, and be the system of record for all aspects of operations. We can assist from preparing the business case, to securing funding, planning, kickoff, execution, go-live/cut-over, and steady state maintenance w/future enhancements. We are the only firm with experience migrating from iTOA v1 to Version 2. [version 1 support will sunset in 2030] Other engineering consulting firms are not going to have our level of knowledge on the product, its design, and inner working, or familiarity with the SNC team to get the job done right the first time without costly approaches of figuring it out on the fly.
SESC's consulting engineers have the knowledge on how to move your team to a new vendor or even just upgrade your current product. We can point test, smoke test, and performance test your system so you have complete confidence and your operators will be 100% ready for cutover.
We have the resources to review, standardize, and sanitize your large data sets, such as T&D field equipment, lines, substations, & maintenance records. If your data maintenance has drifted by being handed off to interns and junior personnel for years, let us get your data sets working for you and no longer be an enigma. Do you have a backlog of as-builts, equipment ratings changes, or other technical data entry? SESC consulting engineers will have your backlog under control, manageable, and accurate!
While the good times are usually uneventful, the control center exists to ready for bad times too.
SESC can offer the missing piece to your upgrades & modernizations! See representations of your teams efforts, in a way that's readily digestible & actionable. With immense data collection in these modern systems, you're loosing value unless you can properly leverage it. We can provide custom dashboards in weeks based on fact, not perception. Take your Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to the next level with reports that are capable of drilling down and cross referencing against other departments
Red-face moments happen when procedures are outdated and things turn for the worse. Has your process deviated from the procedure? SESC can help identify the gaps, innovate solutions, and get the documentation back in order.
Are you still using presentations that are more than 5 years old? Does the staff have the quiz answers memorized? We can create, submit and get approved new Individual Learning Activities (ILA) for the critical hours the team needs and must have for compliance. SESC SME's can facilitate on-site or live remote sessions to meet the challenges of meeting shift personnel on their schedule.
NERC, RTO/ISO, 693 Standards, FERC Order 881, and more.
From delegated tasks by the RTO/ISO to direct NERC Regional Entity audits we have the depth and knowledge to get you prepared for your T&D compliance audit. SESC has a proven game plan. Let us help you with practice runs as outsiders to prep your newer SME's or challenge your pro's.
Does a new standard have you searching for the right approach? SESC has the capacity to find the evidence of compliance you need to either become or remain compliant.
Do you have a finding from your most recent audit to mitigate? Do you need to investigate an issue and determine if you need to self report? No one wants to find themselves in this situation, however having some objective consultation can clarify issue(s) and recommend a full plan with milestones to close the gaps.
Qualified talent in regulated utility space is hard to find. Let us supplement until you find the right permanent direct hire.
Need a shift filled until your training group can get someone up to speed? We have NERC Certified Operators that can cover shifts and keep you compliant.
We have decades of experience in real time operations and can write from your one-lines and/or review switching orders prepared by others for safety, reliability, and completeness.
SESC can staff engineers to perform: TADS / GADS / NATF reporting, near term reliability studies with contingency analysis, long term planning & interconnection studies, procedural development & reviews, & control facility assessments. If it happens in a control center, we have done it.
This is not an exhaustive listing by any means. Let's connect and find a way for SESC consulting engineers to leverage our talents to benefit your utility control center .
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