A large electric utility in the US needed to perform a voltage conversion on a distribution system to bring the voltage capacity from 7,200 to 14,400 V. The line supplied power to residential, commercial, and industrial customers, meaning that many people, businesses, and organizations would be affected by the outage.

Coordinating the project was an impressive task, requiring a year of planning and involving over 200 lineworkers. The crews needed to be poised and ready to jump in and work on the upgrade as soon as the substation went offline. This project had a substantial number of moving parts where any delays or equipment failures would have a direct impact on people’s lives and businesses. In addition, thanks to our solution, all work was completed on a de-energized system which allowed the lineworkers to work safely and meet the project’s timeline.