Pterra staff members are knowledgeable in the use and application of commercial power system analysis software packages. At Pterra, the software tool is one means to finding the right answer to your power system questions.

Our expertise spans a wide range of commercial and open-source software, including Siemens PSS®E Power Simulator (PSSE), GE Energy’s Positive Sequence Load Flow (PSLF), Aspen Inc.’s OneLiner™, OpenDSS, CYME, Milsoft WindMil®, GL SynerGEE® Electric, SKM Dapper®, ETAP, Aspen Inc.’s Distriview™, and Manitoba HVDC Research Centre’s PSCAD®.

These tools enable us to provide comprehensive services in transmission, distribution, and industrial/residential power system analysis. Our capabilities include steady-state power flow analysis, short circuit and protective coordination studies, stability and dynamic studies, time-series power flow analysis, transient switching studies, and power quality assessments (including harmonics analysis, harmonic-filter sizing, and voltage flicker evaluation).