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  • Substation Addition to Existing Switching Station

    Substation Addition to Existing Switching Station

    SaskPower

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    2014

    Lloydminster Switching station was originally a 230kV/138kV switching station with no distribution. This project would add a 138kV/25kV transformer, and distribution bays. The SCADA design at Lloydminster is a one-of as a result of being the prototype deployment of the…

  • Root Cause Fix for Beckwith AVR Failures Caused by GPR

    Root Cause Fix for Beckwith AVR Failures Caused by GPR

    SaskPower

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    2012

    Approximately once a year, four regulators north of Meadow Lake experienced failures in the Beckwith automatic voltage regulator (AVR). Due to the extremely sandy soil, O&M staff suspected that these failures were caused by Ground Potential Rise (GPR) affecting the…

  • Delta Star Mobile Transformer SCADA

    Delta Star Mobile Transformer SCADA

    SaskPower

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    2017

    SaskPower purchased a mobile 138kV substation, which included a D20MX RTU communicating with the control center via serial data encapsulated in IP using a Cisco IR809 cell modem. This was the first deployment of this setup. I worked alongside specialists…

  • Prototype Development of SaskPower Distribution SCADA

    Prototype Development of SaskPower Distribution SCADA

    SaskPower

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    2018

    Traditionally SaskPower’s substations were not connected to a centralized grid control center, but that was rapidly changing with SmartGrid. The goal of the project was to develop a scalable configuration template for hundreds of substations.

  • First Deployment of SaskPower Next Gen SCADA

    First Deployment of SaskPower Next Gen SCADA

    SaskPower

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    2013

    The GE D400 was replacing the obsolete GE D20 remote terminal unit (RTU), which had served as the reliable SCADA head unit at SaskPower for decades. This pilot project aimed to test a prototype using a D20RIO (Remote I/O) that…