Technical Services

Technical & Field Services

Potencia Partners is a multi-discipline professional services firm in the electrical power
energy sectors offering technical and financial services throughout the US, Mexico, Canada,
and internationally.
The primary services offered include advanced and routine engineering services and
consulting to power plants, T&D, renewables, industrial, and OEMs. Typical client types for
technical services include industrial, contractors, developers, and OEM companies.
The multi-discipline activities of Potencia Partners provide a significant advantage in
project development from inception through final stages. Potenica Partners leadership and
senior SMEs have a very strong relation with OEMs in North America, India, and China and will
support clients to establish relations and secure orders with new reliable resources for long-lead
equipment.

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Transformer, GIS, HV Cables, Gas & Hydro Generators, Proposal Services

● Manufacturing process inspection
● Technical and commercial specification and proposal process improvement
● Developing test plans and procedures for FAT/SAT
● Proposal competitive review and OEM negotiations
● Product development services and support for OEM and service companies

Transformer Engineering

● Long-term pre-qualification and qualification cable testing (ITP design, witness, review)
● Design review for MV, HV underground, and submarine cables, including cable voltage rating, cable construction, conductor, insulation, fiber optic, semiconductors, metallic shield, armor, and jacket requirement
● Cable terminations and cable joints specification and tests (design, type, routine)
● Grounding and bonding specification and studies
● DTS, DAS, and PD monitoring systems
● Perform or witness cable commissioning tests, including AC Hipot & PD, TDR, OTDR

Overhead Line & Substation Engineering Services

● Design review of HV and MV overhead lines, and substation insulators & buses including audible noise, EMF, RIV, electric and magnetic field studies, stray & induced voltage studies
● Power system studies, including load forecast, load flow, short circuit, and arc flash studies
● Insulation coordination, and protection coordination studies
● Grounding studies and testing
● FAT and SAT witnesses for HV equipment such as HV insulators & surge arresters, overhead line hardware, overhead line conductors

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Root Cause Failure Services

● 3rd party independent root cause failure investigation, testing, and analysis
● Onsite inspection, visual inspection, data collection and interview
● Work with accredited laboratories to perform material, chemical, mechanical, and electrical component testing
● Post-failure analysis to determine the root cause of failure of generation, transmission, and distribution assets
● Determine the “Mode of Failure,” “Apparent Cause,” and “Root Cause” of failures
● Identify potential causes and determine the most probable cause by evidence analysis
● Develop RCA ITP, questionnaires, procedures, and flowcharts for systematic RCA

Plant Audits & Recommendations

● Design and manufacturing technology review
● Suppliers and purchasing process
● Pricing and proposal process review
● Project management review
● Quality assurance review
● Logistics and field service

Product Certification & Homologation

● Standards certification for UL, IEC, IEEE, CSA
● Type test planning and witnessing recertification requirements

Software Implementation or Development

● HV assets, including transformer design optimization software
● CRM software configuration
● Project scheduling & management software configuration

Asset Management

● Fleet condition assessment for power utilities, renewable energy, oil & gas, and industrial plants & factories
● Health index and risk-based asset condition analysis
● Condition assessment of service-aged electrical equipment such as power cables, distribution transformers, overhead lines, and underground assets
● Asset analytics for critical infrastructure
● Develop a maintenance strategy to optimize your maintenance and repair costs and downtime while maintaining high reliability considering Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) development, reliability, availability, and maintainability analysis (RAM), and spare strategy optimization

Test Bay and Laboratory Design & Setup

● Distribution and power transformer test bay design, layout, grounding, specification of equipment, test equipment supplier and purchasing process support, installation, and commissioning
● MV and HV cable testing setups, including type test and routine tests
● Upgrading AC Hipot, partial discharge, induced voltage, temperature-rise, load-cycling, impulse test, switching impulse test, and other high-voltage test setups
● HVAC and HVDC lab layout design, specification, and equipment support

Emergency & Disaster Response Services & Mitigation

Power systems critical facilities disaster response.
Fault & failure temporary service response and emergency equipment rental.
Root cause and repair supervision services.
Onsite inspection of failed equipment by subject matter experts.
Develop post-disaster power and safety evaluation guidance.
Wildfire management, mitigation, and management techniques.
Restoration planning, re-energization planning, and reconfiguration of power system.