Downtown Area Network Solutions Consulting

Downtown Area Network Solutions Consulting

OUR SOLUTIONS

EN Consulting offers comprehensive systems analysis and network consulting
for investorowned utilities, municipalities, and cooperatives to evaluate
their downtown distribution systems and networks.

Our expert consultants work with clients to understand the issues they are
experiencing in their downtown networks, including reliability, storm
hardening, aging infrastructure, growth, and distributed energy and energy
storage interconnections. While many networks were not originally built to
address these challenges, EN Consulting provides an array of solutions and
alternatives to help electric providers overcome these issues and meet their
reliability and resiliency goals.

NETWORK AREA STUDY SERVICES

  • Work with electric providers to understand and verify the current state of
    their network, potential areas of expansion, and goals for maintaining or
    expanding the network
  • Evaluate aging infrastructure and prepare alternative solutions (PILC
    cables, old duct banks, manholes, vaults, and conduit)
  • Integrate local plans and objectives for undergrounding, area development,
    and resiliency
  • Prepare growth expansion models and analyze to identify changes required
    to meet reliability criteria and develop a framework for deployment of
    DERs
  • Create new standards for the revamped network
  • Develop economic models and a capital plan for future expansions and
    resiliency/hardening efforts
  • Produce 5-, 10-, and 15-year network plans, which can be revisited on a
    regular basis to stay ahead of load growth and industry trends

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND DETAILED DESIGN SUPPORT SERVICES

In addition to network analysis and planning, EN Consulting is a trusted
partner for support functions associated with plan implementation, including
detailed design, project/construction management, GIS integration, and data
entry. Development of a comprehensive program—from planning and analysis
through GIS data entry—allows electric providers to meet their resiliency
and renewable/DER goals while maintaining up-to-date records for operations
and maintenance.

Our program management and design support services include:

  • Detailed design engineering to support the network plan
  • Coordination with contractors to improve in-field activities and project
    schedule
  • Project management and support functions – Construction management,
    controls, scheduling, contract management, outage planning, lead
    commissioning engineering
  • GIS integration to ensure utility systems match what was built in the
    field

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