Electrical Consultants Inc services
Transmission & Distribution Design
Utilities need competent services from their engineering consulting partner to locate, design, procure and construct facilities that are safe, reliable and economical while satisfying public and environmental concerns. ECI ranks among the largest of U.S. firms specializing in Transmission & Distribution engineering services other than power generation. Our engineering staff has designed hundreds of miles of overhead transmission lines for a variety of energy clients including investor owned utilities, public utilities, municipalities and rural cooperatives. ECI provides transmission and distribution services for new installations, upgrading of existing facilities, reconductoring and line re-rating. Our whole-team approach to T&D design ensures our clients the utmost in design efficiency and compatability with the utilization of our in-house staff of licensed surveyors and environmental services group.Substation & Switchyard Design
ECI works with every client to fully understand the needs and expectations for their substation or switchyard projects. ECI’s station design team has over 30 years experience on several hundred design projects throughout the U.S. We provide design services to a wide variety of electric utilities including municipal, cooperative and investor-owned, as well as independent power producers. Projects range from small facility additions to major 500 kV switchyards and generation interconnect stations. ECI’s staff remains dedicated in maintaining a high level of technical knowledge, incorporating leading edge concepts and solutions for all facets of substation design while utilizing state-of-the-art technical tools and software.System Planning & Protection Services
ECI personnel are intimately familiar with the requirements for system planning studies for utility and industrial power systems. Our clients range from small rural utilities to large multi-state generation and transmission entities. Our planning philosophy is predicated on evaluating all prime alternatives for service with emphasis on system efficiency and economical system design. The scope of our past studies has included utility system planning for two, three or four year construction periods, intermediate range planning and long range system plans. ECI’s studies provide comprehensive services necessary to insure a complete, accurate and usable system plan.
Industrial Design
Today’s industrial companies strive to remain competitive in the marketplace and react to new opportunities. Long term success of these operations depends upon their ability to respond to market changes that might require new capital improvements or the enhancement of existing facilities.Testing Services
Unexpected and costly outages and downtime impact the ability to achieve safe and reliable levels of operation. Preventative maintenance to identify and eliminate potential trouble areas in systems ensures optimum system availability and service levels. ECI’s Testing Services Group provides testing and commissioning services to a wide variety of electric utilities, including municipal, cooperative and investor-owned, as well as independant power producers. ECI Testing Services is managed by engineers and technicians having the experience with electrical apparatus needed to meet expected levels of quality assurance. Our technicians utilize the most modern test equipment available to ensure accurate and repeatable operation. Services include troubleshooting of equipment and resolving operational problems, infra-red thermography, and testing to NETA, ANSI, IEEE and NEMA standards.
Power Supply & Interconnection Services
ECI provides Wind Energy Developers with a complete portfolio of cradle to grave services for project development involving the following project support functions.
Rural Utility Services
Electric Municipals, Public Utility Districts and Cooperatives share one guiding principle: the delivery of a reliable and constant supply of electric energy to it’s consumers at the lowest possible cost. In today’s energy environment, electric utilities face many challenges in providing safe, efficient and dependable electric power while managing their internal needs and controlling operational costs.