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We've included below areas that impact utility control centers everywhere. The big engineering consulting firms don't have the depth of experience 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.
Assessment, selection, implementation oversight and upgrades for the systems your operators depend on: ADMS, OMS, EMS, SCADA and iTOA.
Where do we start modernizing our control center, and how do we build a business case leadership will fund?
How do we pick the right ADMS (or OMS) vendor and write an RFP we can defend to procurement and the board?
Who represents our operators' interests with the vendor and system integrator through design, testing, parallel operation and cutover?
Our EMS or SCADA is end-of-life. How do we evaluate the options and get operators ready for cutover?
How do we move from iTOA v1 (or TOA and paper) to iTOA v2 without disrupting outage coordination, switching and logging?
NERC, RTO/ISO and FERC audit readiness, system operator training, and NERC CIP training from people who have worked the desk and the audit.
How do we get audit-ready, and should we run a mock audit first?
How do we build a training program that satisfies NERC PER-005 and actually prepares operators for the desk?
Where do we get CIP training that fits control room roles instead of generic click-through modules?
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.
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!
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 losing 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.
SESC engineers 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.
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.
Let us know how we can partner with you!
Talk directly with our principal engineer about your scope, schedule, and budget. We are available outside of posted hours by appointment. Just let us know when is a convenient time for you.
