Scope of Services

Pterra was founded to provide premier consulting services exclusively for the electric power industry.

Studies

From short-focused analyses to extended planning studies, we offer the best blend of capability, skill, experience, and commitment.  Pterra is your unique resource for handling many of the toughest technical issues now facing your company.

Pterra offers consulting services in the following areas:

• Strategic assessment of future investments involving transmission and distribution grids

• Large-scale network analysis and application of power flows, short circuit, contingency analysis and stability simulations

• Voltage control and reactive power planning and analysis

• Fatal-flaw, feasibility, interconnection and transmission impact studies for proposed new generation or power system facilities

• Power system equipment modeling and simulation

• Distribution planning and analysis

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Sample studies posted on the web:

• South Island Grid Upgrade Project Dynamic Voltage Stability Study

• Impact Study for Generation Interconnection Request GEN – 2004 – 003

• On Designation of National Corridors

• System Reliability Impact Study for the Proposed 133.5 MW High Sheldon Wind Farm Project

• Sheffield Wind Farm System Impact Study

We'll take your questions on the following topics:

• Reliability assessment

• Wind farm modeling

• Equipment dynamic modeling

• IEC 60909