Pike Engineering’s consulting services are provided by a dedicated team of engineers who are experts in electrical, gas and communications planning and strategy. Consulting services focus on three primary areas: system planning and development; reliability and system protection; and engineering and economic studies.
Services include:
- Addressing NERC, FERC and IEEE standard changes
- Arc flash studies and training
- Circuit analysis and coordination
- Voltage drop and power factor studies
- Designer and technical training
- Reliability assessment and benchmarking
- Capacitor optimization
- Power flow studies
- Renewable energy and grid connection studies
- Interconnection studies including feasibility, life cycle cost, risk assessment, projected operating results and sensitivity analyses
- Overcurrent and lightning protection
- Smart grid strategy integration
- Development of RFPs and case studies
- Short- and long-range planning
- Outside plant (OSP) planning
- Node serving area design
- Fiber-in-the-loop (FTTX) planning
- Passive optical network planning
- Long-haul fiber routing
- Budget development
- Strategic technology planning, including technology evaluation, vendor coordination and implementation studies
- Demand, billing, load aggregation and market analyses
- Transmission arrangements
- Resource planning
- Proposal development and evaluation
- Contract negotiations
- Expert testimony
- Stranded-cost avoidance