For more information please visit  www.ctcglobal.com

For more information please visit  www.ctcglobal.com

With remarkable growth in and around Charleston, South Carolina, SCE&G completed their SEE Award Winning Cainhoy Transmission upgrade to accommodate load growth and improve grid reliability. In addition to building a new 230 kV substation, SCE&G also upgraded a number of 115 and 230 kV lines using different conductor types - including ACCC Conductor.

 

The three year project included two major river crossings and several miles of marsh areas where work was performed using barges. SCE&G's technical and operations achievements - delivered on time and on budget - will provide more robust and reliable service to the growing Mount Pleasant and Charleston area.

The annual Leitungsbau event held at EKZ Dietikon presents the Swiss TSO and DSO community with the opportunity to share experiences on network developments through a series of presentations and associated Q&As. Whilst operating a separate network with its own generation, SBB (the Swiss Railway) also operates a significant network at different voltages and frequencies.

 

The Swiss population is especially sensitive to any network developments, particularly overhead lines, and EMF emission levels are the lowest in Europe. This, coupled with a public preference to use underground cables wherever possible, presents Swissgrid and the other operators with particular challenges in network expansion.

 

With overhead line emissions regulated, the size of any overhead conductor is limited and pathways tend to be very tight over undulating territory. It was with this background that, for the 2019 Leitungsbau event, CTC Global was tasked by the organizing committee of Electrosuisse to present an overview of modern conductor technologies, including ACCC® Conductors.

 

During the presentation, CTC Global used its CCP ™
(Conductor Comparison Program) software to demonstrate the temperature and current-carrying capacity of various conductor types which would be compliant with the Swiss regulations.

 

"Our comparisons on capacity increase and sag reduction stimulated considerable interest," stated Peter Hughes, CTC Global's VP for North Europe after the event. "This was the first time composite technologies were presented to the Swiss audience at a national level and modern conductors clearly have a role to play in future network developments."

CTC Global sponsored and attended the 2019 National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas November 17-20.  

The Annual Meeting and Education Conference convened state and national utility regulators, federal and state policymakers, industry representatives, consumer advocates, informed experts, and other engaged stakeholders. During the four-day conference, general and parallel session panel discussion covered a range of issues across the energy sector. 

CTC Global had several discussions with state Commissioners and other interested participants about the opportunity for a state to reduce electric customer's costs and reduce CO2 emissions by directing electric utilities to include energy efficiency criterion at the project design stage for every transmission or distribution (T&D) capital project.  

This policy action when implemented in the utility T&D process will substantially reduce the T&D system losses over time.  This saves energy and capital costs for the electric customers as well as reducing air and water emissions from fossil-fueled power plants.  

CTC Global has implemented and supports an effective Environmental Management program that ensures consistent dedication to corporate responsibility and environmental sustainability. 

We manage our facilities, processes, and materials in a way that meets or exceeds regulatory requirements and minimizes risk to the environment. We focus on the identification and continuously improving on all environmental aspects of product management taking into consideration the product life cycle from start to finish. Our Irvine, California and Indonesian facilities are both certified to ISO 14001:2015 standards and our Chinese facility is in the process, as local standards have recently changed. 

Learn more about CTC Global, why the ACCC Conductor has been selected for over 700 projects by over 250 Utilities and how the advantages we offer are helping improve the quality of life for millions of people, worldwide. This is a 45 minute interview, but delivers several very impactful messages by a great company leader.

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LINK  The new web-based version has all the features found in the Excel version, which has been replaced and will no longer be supported. The new version is designed to make it easier to use, and it also has some new features. Having CCP online will make it easier to keep it up-to-date with new wire files and other data, and to add improvements as they are made. Users will always know they have the current version every time they log in. CCP is also compatible with tablets.

All data required for calculations is entered on one page. Representative ACCC® Conductors are automatically selected based on the "base" conductor selected. Some fields are automatically entered based on earlier entries or saved user preferences. For example, latitude is entered from a web app based on the project location, and currency conversion is provided using real-time web app information. The user can edit most input data, including default and automatically selected data. Registered users can save multiple projects, recall them, modify them and save them as new projects or overwrite the existing projects.

CCP comparison output is displayed on a separate page. Frequently changed input used for sensitivity analysis is conveniently provided on that same page to minimize toggling between pages. Registered users can export reports that break out sections of the output to PDF and Excel files.

Registration to use CCP requires only a valid email address and password. Users may also use CCP as a guest however, saving and export features are only available to registered users.

Thank you for using our CCP. We welcome your feedback. For technical support, please contact [email protected]