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Golden Lake Substation – Phase 1 & 2
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To meet an aggressive schedule, Phase 1 of the Golden Lake switching station involved building a greenfield substation with a single 230kV-25kV transformer and three secondary feeders. TeleControl was the only SaskPower group involved during the construction phase, our scope…
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130km Fiber Optic Install – Critical Path to Golden Lake Success
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Phase 1 of Golden Lake Substation was being constructed on an aggressive schedule, and TeleControl was positioned to materialize a massive opportunity to put the project ahead of schedule! If we could plough 130km of fiber optics, and make changes…
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ABB 25kV Cap bank & Master Controller
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As part of SaskPower’s ongoing effort to stabilize the Northern grid, which previously included the installation of three ABB Static Voltage Compensators (SVC), this project added a four-bay capacitor bank, a master controller, and expanded the control building to accommodate…
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Power Line Carrier Replacement at 3 Remote Northern Sites
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This project exemplified how an engaged field team can drive a major project from the ground up, rather than waiting for top-down planning. After ploughing fiber from North Battleford to Meadow Lake, the TeleControl team salvaged two sets of new…
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Special Protection Scheme for Customer Backup Generators
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The Lloydminster Husky Upgrader has backup generators that require periodic testing as part of a preventative maintenance plan. Backup generator operation can potentially backfeed the grid, so a special protection scheme is needed. Our five-person TeleControl team worked at both…
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Helicopter Only Access Repeater Station OPGW Connection
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The scope of work included trenching ~500 meters of fiber in conduit through the Canadian Shield, connecting the OPGW dead-end structure to the communications building. Installing and commissioning a Power Line Carrier (PLC) to fiber JMUX repeater, which was used…
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230kV Customer Interconnection at Potash Mine
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Utility/customer projects are always unique due to the teamwork and communication required between two organizations. This project demanded even more coordination, as it involved leading the commissioning at the mine site while simultaneously orchestrating the commissioning at three other SaskPower…
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138kV Customer Interconnection at Potash Mine
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Like all large industrial customers with a transmission connection to their customer-owned substation, utility protection, metering, and control are located onsite, interfacing with their equipment at a demarcation point. The project scope included installing a fiber optic connection to the…
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100km Fiber Optic Preventative Maintenance – Pilot Project
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For the first time since the TeleControl team at SaskPower began installing fiber optics, I initiated a preventative maintenance project to inspect and repair one of our fiber lines, which was approximately 20 years old.
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Queen Elizabeth D-Plant Expansion
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The Queen Elizabeth (QE) “D-Plant” project was an expansion of Saskatoon’s largest power plant. In terms of Communication Protection & Control (CP&C), it involved integrating a fourth location with the three existing critical locations within QE.
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