Case Studies

New Substation Control House

ControlPoint Technologies provides engineering and design to modernize existing stations with new control house enclosure(s).

Substation Automation

Substation Automation, Grid Modernization, and IEC-61850 engineering and program management.

Electric utilities partner with ControlPoint Technologies to inspect existing substation conditions, develop intelligent solutions, and implement latest technology.

DER Area Studies

Distributed Energy Resources continue to develop within the Distribution System, high concentrations of Solar and Battery generators challenge the utility hosting capacity.

Third Party Attachment Programs

ControlPoint working with electrical utilities and telecommunications companies to expand broadband communications in rural areas.

Substation Transformer Replacement

Transformer replacement projects improve substation reliability and allow for transmission system upgrade and expansion.

Electric Reliability Planning

Municipal and Rural Electric Utilities face new challenges on their systems that may impact reliability.

These challenges include Load Growth, Housing and Commercial development, Interconnection of renewable energy sources, Residential Solar, Aging infrastructure, Electric Vehicle charging stations, and Microgrids.

Transmission System Protection

Programs are underway to replace obsolete relays where spare parts are difficult to obtain.  Relay packages responsible for circuit breaker operation, line communications, and transformers are moving to the latest technology of microprocessor devices and communications.

Distribution Line Interconnection

Distributed Energy Resources (DER) installations are on the rise throughout the Northeast. 

Since 2010, ControlPoint has supported utilities at the Planning stage of these installations by providing system impact studies. 

Underground Distribution Improvements

Replacing aging underground equipment with pad mounted and/or submersible switches increase worker safety and circuit reliability while reducing outage time.

Distributed Energy Resource Planning

In recent years State Regulators have amended Net Metering Rules making it much more desirable for developers to install Distributed Energy Resources (DER) onto electrical power distribution systems.

These changes have contributed to a large amount of DER installations, such as Photovoltaic (PV), Battery Storage, and Wind Turbines, onto local distribution systems.