Facility: PacifiCorp | Weston Substation
Tests included Doble power factor, DC insulation, transformer turns ratio (TTR), ct testing, sweep frequency response analysis, sudden pressure, cooling system functional test, oil quality, diffused gas analysis (DGA) and alarm verification.
Facility: PacifiCorp | Weston Substation
Tests included breaker time and travel, SF6 gas purity, DC insulation, DC micro-ohmmeter (Ductor) and alarm verification.
Facility: Leeward Energy | Combine Hills
Relay coordination review, relay setting review, arch flash evaluation, short circuit analysis, lightning protection study and equipment duty cycle review.
Kyle Carter has worked in and around high power facilities – especially substations - for two decades.
After earning a BSEE from the University of Illinois in 1998, Kyle served as an IBEW Journeyman Substation Technician/Electrician, Meter Relay Technician and Substation Wireman on his way to a Professional Electrical Engineer certification in Washington, Oregon and Alaska.
Kyle gained experience working with both big (Ameren and Pacific Power) utilities and small (Chugach Electrical Association and Homer Electrical Association) power providers before firing up his own Northwest High Voltage Services two years ago to do commissioning, installation and maintenance of protection and control systems.
Jennifer Carter has a broad technical background that makes of her the ultimate detail tracker. In the lab, the office or the field, she brings an Auditor’s mindset to the field of technology. That ensures that projects go precisely as planned, with outcomes that are thoroughly documented
Substation Wireman Foreman
Shane Elmer has a very practical technical background, having spent 13 years as a Substation Wireman Foreman.
Senior Technician
3017 W 7th Ave #B
Kennewick, WA 99336.
info@nwhighvoltage.com
509.987.3774