Substation for Rocket Motor Facility

For this project, PSE designed a 44 kV/4160 V substation to provide power to a new rocket motor facility at a plant in northern Utah. PSE also designed the 4160 V power transmission line from the substation to the plant, power delivery to the new buildings, and a generator backup power system to prevent power outages for vital operations in the new facility.

Multidiscipline consulting services used:

Electrical Engineering:

  • Modifications to Utah Power’s 44 kV metering structure

  • Addition to plant switchyard

  • Overland transmission lines traversing three miles of rough terrain

  • Dual transformer substation design

  • Secondary switchgear design

  • 4160 V underground power distribution to eight buildings

  • Generator backup power system

Structural Engineering:

  • Structural supports for substation equipment

Civil/Environmental Engineering:

  • Foundations for substation equipment

Construction Phase:

  • Procurement/equipment requisitions

  • Construction management

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