Electrical & Utilities Engineering: Power System Studies, Protection and Substation Design

Growing loads, new generation and ageing infrastructure are putting pressure on facility power systems and their connections to the grid. Prozus supports owners and EPC firms with the full electrical scope: the studies that prove a system is safe and compliant, the protection that keeps it reliable, and the design and drafting that gets it built.

 

Voltage range: We engineer power systems from low voltage up to 240 kV, covering facility distribution, substations and utility interconnections.

Power system studies

 

Technical studies for safe, compliant and reliable power system operation.

• Short circuit, protection coordination and arc flash studies

• Load flow, motor starting and grounding studies

• Harmonic and power quality studies

• Grid interconnection and transient stability studies

• Electromagnetic transient (EMT) and insulation coordination studies

• Transformer energization and switching studies

Protection and control

Protection system design, coordination, relay engineering and control solutions.

• Protection system design and philosophy

• Protection studies and relay settings

• Protection logic and control schemes

• Relay modernization and replacement

• Protection and control schematics, wiring and panel drawings

Substations and utility interconnection

• Substation electrical engineering up to 240kV

• Substation physical design: layouts, sections and equipment arrangements

• Grounding grid design and drawings

• Utility interconnection and coordination for new generation and large loads

• Electrical FEED and conceptual engineering

• Owner’s engineering and technical advisory

• Electrical system upgrades and modernization

High and medium voltage design and drafting

• Single-line and three-line diagrams

• Overhead and underground distribution design

• Conduit, trench and cable routing

• Equipment specifications for transformers, switchgear and breakers

Low voltage design and drafting

• Power distribution design and panel schedules

• Motor control centers and switchboards

• Lighting, small power and receptacle layouts

• Cable sizing, tray and conduit design

• Grounding, bonding and lightning protection

• Standby generation, UPS and transfer switch design

Records and drafting

• As-built updates and redline markups

• Standard drawing and template development

• Conversion of legacy drawings to CAD • Drawing management and asset records, supported by our AI-assisted document management

Codes, standards and licensing

• Designed to CEC, NEC, NESC, IEEE, CSA and ISA standards, and to your company specifications

• Professional engineers licensed in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario, and in 23 US states, including Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, New Mexico and Nevada

Who we support

• Owners and operators of industrial, oil and gas and renewable facilities

• EPC firms delivering substations, interconnections and plant electrical scope

• Power generation and renewable energy developers

• Data center developers and other large power users