Powering Reliability and Resiliency
Innovative solutions, from design through commissioning, for new, expanded or retrofitted facilities.
Substations are a critical connection point between your transmission and distribution systems. Regular maintenance and upgrades are vital to ensuring that the system continues to serve your customers uninterrupted. TRC oversees all your substation rebuilds, expansions and greenfield projects.
Seamless, Integrated Substation Solutions
TRC’s electrical substation design engineers support projects through every phase of development, from planning through commissioning. We implement projects from initial concept, feasibility and planning studies, land acquisition, permitting and complete civil, structural and electrical engineering to deliver fully integrated and automated substations, switchyards and switching stations.
Our experience includes:
- Design through 765 kV
- Gas Insulated Substations (GIS) and Open-Air Design
- 3-D Design
- Protection and Controls
- Automation and Integration
- SCADA System Design
- Testing and Commissioning
- Ground Grid Design
- Control House Design
- Site Surveying
- Site and Foundation Design
- Permitting
- Structural Analysis, Inspection and Repair
- Security
Featured Projects
Discover the success we’ve had with helping our utility clients execute major substation projects and make a meaningful impact on their local communities.
TRC began providing construction management services for BART’s Walnut Creek Traction Power Substation Project in October 2023.
Designing a complex greenfield substation to enhance power reliability and resilience for customers of a major regional utility.
TRC was contracted by PSNH to provide Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Testing & Commissioning (EPC) services to provide a turn-key …
TRC provided design, construction oversight and commissioning services to improve the reliability of electricity in northern New England.
TRC delivered design, procurement, and construction services for 38 miles of transmission lines, two substation expansions, and equipment upgrades at …
TRC delivered a detailed outage sequencing plan and an extensive design effort that created the basis for all construction activities …
TRC delivered design, procurement, and construction services for 38 miles of transmission lines, two substation expansions, and equipment upgrades at …
TRC delivered a detailed outage sequencing plan and an extensive design effort that created the basis for all construction activities …
TRC began providing construction management services for BART’s Walnut Creek Traction Power Substation Project in October 2023.
Designing a complex greenfield substation to enhance power reliability and resilience for customers of a major regional utility.
TRC was contracted by PSNH to provide Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Testing & Commissioning (EPC) services to provide a turn-key …
TRC provided design, construction oversight and commissioning services to improve the reliability of electricity in northern New England.
TRC delivered design, procurement, and construction services for 38 miles of transmission lines, two substation expansions, and equipment upgrades at …
TRC delivered a detailed outage sequencing plan and an extensive design effort that created the basis for all construction activities …
TRC began providing construction management services for BART’s Walnut Creek Traction Power Substation Project in October 2023.
Designing a complex greenfield substation to enhance power reliability and resilience for customers of a major regional utility.
TRC was contracted by PSNH to provide Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Testing & Commissioning (EPC) services to provide a turn-key …
TRC provided design, construction oversight and commissioning services to improve the reliability of electricity in northern New England.
TRC delivered design, procurement, and construction services for 38 miles of transmission lines, two substation expansions, and equipment upgrades at …
TRC delivered a detailed outage sequencing plan and an extensive design effort that created the basis for all construction activities …
Maintain Reliability and Strengthen Resiliency With TRC
With decades of hands-on experience, TRC’s substation design engineers deliver tailored solutions to optimize performance and minimize outage risks. Partner with us to safeguard your operations and ensure long-term reliability for your power systems.
Sharing Our Perspectives
Our practitioners share their insights and perspectives on the trends and challenges shaping the market.
NERC Issues Lessons Learned on Misoperations Due to Mixing Relay Technologies
August 13, 2020
On July 10, 2020 NERC released new Lessons Learned guidance to address situations where multiple composite protection systems have misoperated as a result of mixing protective relay technologies at the remote terminals of directional comparison blocking (DCB) schemes. This technical information will help utilities improve the reliability of the Bulk Power System.
FERC Issues Order 2023 to Resolve Interconnection Process Issues
September 25, 2023
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved Order 2023 to facilitate and improve the speed and reliability of adding new energy resources to the power system
NERC Files Report on Effectiveness on CIP-014 Physical Security Standard
May 25, 2023
On behalf of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), its President and CEO Jim Robb, recently presented to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) a summary of NERC’s report on the effectiveness of NERC’s CIP-014 Physical Security Standard. There were almost 1,700 physical security incidents reported to the Electricity-Information Security Analysis Center (E-ISAC) in 2022, an increase of 10.5% from 2021.
FERC Issues Order on Cold Weather Reliability Standards
April 27, 2023
FERC has approved two NERC proposed cold weather-related reliability standards.
Modeling Power System Hosting Capacity
March 31, 2023
As renewable energy development booms, and distributed energy resources (DERs) proliferate across the grid, the demand for a more efficient and timely interconnection process is at an all-time high. To meet regulatory deadlines and satisfy the needs of both developers and customers, utilities must tackle an increasingly complex array of system impact studies, analyses and reports, under ever shrinking timelines.
FERC Orders Internal Network Security Monitoring Rule to be Finalized
March 14, 2023
FERC directed NERC to develop Reliability Standards to implement INSM within trusted CIP environments.
Webinar Replay: Substation Automation – Best Practices for IEC 61850 Implementation
March 29, 2022
Modernizing utility equipment, standards and processes pays dividends for improved safety, security and reliability. But transitioning to a new high-tech system model can be challenging.
How Does a Distribution Grid Work?
October 2, 2021
Electric distribution systems rely on sophisticated technology to provide power when needed. Electricity is generated on-demand, which means there are often peak periods when providers see a greater need for power and the system must prove responsive.
Cold Weather Reliability Preparedness and Hardening
March 22, 2021
The latest weather impacts to power reliability have accelerated the need for mandatory regulatory compliance changes.
NERC Issues Lessons Learned on Misoperations Due to Mixing Relay Technologies
August 13, 2020
On July 10, 2020 NERC released new Lessons Learned guidance to address situations where multiple composite protection systems have misoperated as a result of mixing protective relay technologies at the remote terminals of directional comparison blocking (DCB) schemes. This technical information will help utilities improve the reliability of the Bulk Power System.
FERC Issues Order 2023 to Resolve Interconnection Process Issues
September 25, 2023
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved Order 2023 to facilitate and improve the speed and reliability of adding new energy resources to the power system
NERC Files Report on Effectiveness on CIP-014 Physical Security Standard
May 25, 2023
On behalf of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), its President and CEO Jim Robb, recently presented to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) a summary of NERC’s report on the effectiveness of NERC’s CIP-014 Physical Security Standard. There were almost 1,700 physical security incidents reported to the Electricity-Information Security Analysis Center (E-ISAC) in 2022, an increase of 10.5% from 2021.
FERC Issues Order on Cold Weather Reliability Standards
April 27, 2023
FERC has approved two NERC proposed cold weather-related reliability standards.
Modeling Power System Hosting Capacity
March 31, 2023
As renewable energy development booms, and distributed energy resources (DERs) proliferate across the grid, the demand for a more efficient and timely interconnection process is at an all-time high. To meet regulatory deadlines and satisfy the needs of both developers and customers, utilities must tackle an increasingly complex array of system impact studies, analyses and reports, under ever shrinking timelines.
FERC Orders Internal Network Security Monitoring Rule to be Finalized
March 14, 2023
FERC directed NERC to develop Reliability Standards to implement INSM within trusted CIP environments.
Webinar Replay: Substation Automation – Best Practices for IEC 61850 Implementation
March 29, 2022
Modernizing utility equipment, standards and processes pays dividends for improved safety, security and reliability. But transitioning to a new high-tech system model can be challenging.
How Does a Distribution Grid Work?
October 2, 2021
Electric distribution systems rely on sophisticated technology to provide power when needed. Electricity is generated on-demand, which means there are often peak periods when providers see a greater need for power and the system must prove responsive.
Cold Weather Reliability Preparedness and Hardening
March 22, 2021
The latest weather impacts to power reliability have accelerated the need for mandatory regulatory compliance changes.
NERC Issues Lessons Learned on Misoperations Due to Mixing Relay Technologies
August 13, 2020
On July 10, 2020 NERC released new Lessons Learned guidance to address situations where multiple composite protection systems have misoperated as a result of mixing protective relay technologies at the remote terminals of directional comparison blocking (DCB) schemes. This technical information will help utilities improve the reliability of the Bulk Power System.