Project Data Sheets

Our hands-on experience in utility information systems comes primarily from projects that cover a broad range of IT facilities for real-time supervision and control in the electric industry -- from SCADA/EMS to SCADA/DMS, Substation Automation Systems and Market Systems. In addition, we designed solutions for offline systems that support transmission, generation and distribution engineering activities both in deregulated and vertically integrated environments, including an integrated information architecture for an electricity market.

Utility IT Projects Conducted after the Year 2000

Most of the projects listed in this category were conducted by either SCS Computer Consulting or Energy Consulting International, Inc. or Savu C. Savulescu as prime contractors. In a few cases, we provided our expert services in capacity of subcontractors to large engineering firms from US, Germany and Vietnam. The list of the projects we conducted since the year 2000 to date is provided below in reverse chronological order:

Consulting Services for Upgrading the SCADA/EMS of La Unidad de Transacciones de El Salvador with a Two-Control Center Mirrored Architecture (Servicio de Consultoría Técnica para la Revisión y Análisis de Especificaciones Técnicas y Acompañamiento en el Proceso de Adquisición de Dos Sistemas SCADA/EMS para los Centros de Control de Energía de la Unidad de Transacciones de El Salvador) (read more...)

Mongolia Energy Sector Technical Assistance: SCADA Diagnosis and Upgrade Concept Preparation -- Consulting services provided to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank) (read more...)

Consulting Services for Upgrading the Real-Time Information System of AMM, Guatemala (Servicios de Consultoría para la Actualización del Sistema Informático de Tiempo Real del Administrador del Mercado Mayorista de Guatemala) (read more...)

Vietnam Electricity National Power Transmission Company (EVNNPT) IT Infrastructure Roadmap (read more...)

Consulting Services to Support the Bidding Process and Contract Implementation of Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation SCADA/DMS System (read more...)

Technical Assistance in Support of the Implementation of Seven Control Centers with SCADA, EMS and DMS Capabilities at ANDE, Paraguay (Asistencia Técnica de Apoyo en la Implementación de un Sistema de Supervisión, Control y Adquisición de Datos - SCADA con EMS/DMS para la ANDE) (read more...)

Assistance with the Design, Commissioning and Installation of the Primary-Backup SCADA/EMS Solution (Servicios para la Asesoría Proceso de Contratación de Diseño y Equipamiento SCADA/EMS) at Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), Costa Rica (read more...)

Consulting Services in Conjunction with the System Upgrade at the National Dispatch Center of ETESA (Servicios de Consultoría para la Renovación Tecnológica del Centro Nacional de Despacho de ETESA) (read more...)

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) Energy Management System Upgrade Strategy Assessment, Doniphan, Nebraska (read more...)

Consulting Services on Information Infrastructure for the Competitive Generation Market in Vietnam: Assessment, Design and Migration Strategy (read more...)

Identification of Location, Functionality, Staffing and Cut-Over Requirements for the Backup Control Center of the Independent System Operator in Bosnia and Herzegovina (read more...)

Consulting Services for Preparation of Specifications for New Substation Automation Systems at the National Power Transmission Corporation of Vietnam Electricity (read more...)

Feasibility Study and Technical Specifications for SCADA/EMS Upgrade and Backup Control Center (Renovación Tecnológica del Actual Centro de Control de Energía y Desarrollo del Nuevo Centro de Control de Energía) at Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), Costa Rica (read more...)

ERAV Support Information Technology and Database System Design and Training (read more...)

Assistance to Finalize the Bidding Documents for the Upgrade of the National Load Dispatch Center of Vietnam Electricity (read more...)

Technical Specifications for the Application Software of the Offline Distribution Engineering System (Especificaciones Técnicas del Software de Aplicación para los Sistemas de Ingeniería de Distribución) of Chilectra and Codensa (read more...)

Feasibility Study, Bidding Documents and Bid Evaluation Methodology for the SCADA/EMS, Market System, Communications Backbone and Metering Management System of the National Load Dispatch Center, Vietnam Electricity (read more...)

Assessment of Existing Distribution SCADA System and Definition of Migration Strategy for Elektra Noreste, Panama (read more...)

New SCADA/DMS of Elektra Noreste, Panama (read more...)

Technical Review of SCADA/EMS Systems Currently Existing at Vietnam Electricity (read more...)

Approach Alternatives, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Migration Strategy and Conceptual Design of a New SCADA/EMS System at the National Load Dispatch Center of Vietnam Electricity (read more...)

Design, Implementation, Training and Start-Up of an Interim Market System at the National Load Dispatch Center of Vietnam Electricity (read more...)

Consulting Services for Upgrading / Purchasing New Applications Software for the Power Engineering Consulting Companies of Vietnam Electricity and Review of Tu Duc 220 kV SAS Technical Specifications (read more...)

New SCADA/EMS, RTUs, Fiber Optics and PABX Communications Systems of Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica (ENEL), Nicaragua (read more...)

SCADA/EMS Replacement and Development and Implementation of Market and Metering Management System at Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica (ETESA), Panamá (read more...)

Bid Evaluation Methodology and Bidding Documents for the Information System of Autoridad Nacional del Medio Ambiente (ANAM), Panamá (read more...)

Utility IT Projects conducted before the year 2000

Prior to the year 2000, Savu C. Savulescu conducted several utility information system projects in capacity of Project Manager and/or Technical Lead either as an Independent Consultant or as an employee of large US engineering firms (read more...)

Software Engineering, System Studies and Application Development between January 1990 and June 2010

From the early stages of our activities in the electric power industry we've been actively involved in developing and implementing new techniques for utility operations, planning and control. The key results of our work have been extensively documented in the technical literature (read more...). Between January 1990 and June 2010, we've been predominantly involved in the development, implementation and support of the QuickStab software that can be used both in real-time and offline to monitor and predict the risk of blackout.

In June 2010, QuickStab was acquired by Siemens AG (Siemens), which now solely owns and exclusively distributes it world-wide. Siemens has seamlessly integrated QuickStab with its Spectrum Power SCADA/EMS platform and SiGuard blackout prevention suite (read more...).

In addition to our pioneering work in the field of real-time stability, we performed system studies that allowed utilities to better understand the operating reliability conditions and constraints of their transmission grids.