Transmission Planning

Transmission planning is a truly challenging yet necessary and important undertaking for today's power systems.  Whether a system is compact or spread out, the transmission plan determines how effectively and reliably power generated in the future can be delivered to the many households and industries needing the power.  In a significant way, transmission planning deals with the uncertainties associated with future loads, future generation location and dispatch (and bid prices!), future industry and regulatory structures, future fuel supply and prices, all in a manner that gives some reasonable assurance that there is no over or under capacity in the network.

Some of the more modern concepts being applied in transmission planning involve robustness and flexibility.  Robustness in a transmission plan provides for being able to address the most likely if not all future uncertainties.  Flexibility, on the other hand, provides for dependencies in a transmission plan which are determined by other decisions and factors.

These concepts, and the more detailed application involving planning processes, criteria, methodology and tools, are the expert province of Pterra.  Our staff offer you the experience and knowledge of developing transmission plans in a wide variety of systems.  Our international experience includes planning for power systems in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Northeast China, East China, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ireland, South Africa, among others.

Truly, your experts are at Pterra, and at a reasonable cost relative to large consulting firms! 

Contact Pterra for a quote today!