
Power Infrastructure Vital Engineering, Inc.
Conquering Power Challenges, Solutions Driven Results
About the firm
Power Infrastructure Vital Engineering, Inc. (PIV) is a professional-engineer-owned high-voltage power engineering design consulting practice specializing in 5kV to 765kV systems. It serves electric utilities, renewable energy developers, power providers, data centers, critical manufacturers, and the oil, energy, and petrochemical industries.
- Firm type
- Power & Utility Engineering · Electrical Engineering · Automation & Controls · Owner's Engineer
Capabilities
Power Delivery Engineering
Service websiteTransmission and distribution design and engineering for electric utilities and power providers, covering 5kV to 500kV+ systems. It includes air-insulated and gas-insulated substation design, 3D/BIM design, protection and control, and NERC CIP compliance.
- Substation Design & Engineering
Greenfield and brownfield substation design from 5kV to 500kV+, including air-insulated (AIS) and gas-insulated (GIS) substation layout, protection and control, and settings development.
- Distribution Design & Engineering
Underground system design, distribution automation, cable system and termination design, network and downtown systems, and system hardening.
- SCADA, Automation & Data Monitoring
Advanced substation automation, HMI and master station development, IEC-61850 design, communication systems, and maintenance-based monitoring methods.
- Transmission & Distribution Planning
Power system planning including interconnection studies, power flow studies, short circuit analysis, distributed energy resources, microgrid studies, and NERC TPL & MOD compliance.
- Electrical Power Studies
Technical analysis such as arc flash, grounding design, insulation coordination, transient analysis, harmonic studies, protection coordination, and underground cable dynamic rating.
Renewables & Storage Engineering
Service websiteDesign and engineering for solar, wind, hydropower, and battery energy storage systems, spanning conceptual design and feasibility through electrical layout, interconnection, and SCADA.
- Solar Design & Engineering
PV electrical design and layout, energy production estimates, system studies, protection and control, SCADA, and interconnection assistance.
- Wind Design & Engineering
Electrical design and layout, medium-voltage (MV) collection design, underground cable design, system studies, and owner's engineering.
- Hydropower Design & Engineering
Electrical engineering for brownfield hydropower facilities, including substation design, system studies, protection and control, and automation upgrades.
- Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Design & Engineering
BESS electrical design and layout, energy usage and modeling analysis, protection and control, and grid interconnection assistance.
Power Generation Plant Engineering
Service websiteElectrical engineering for conventional and renewable power generation plants, covering plant design, capacity expansion, performance optimization, protection and control, SCADA, and owner's engineering.
Oil, Industrial & Data Center Electrical Engineering
Service websiteElectrical design and engineering for oil, energy, and petrochemical facilities (upstream through refining), industrial and manufacturing facilities, and data centers. Services include power distribution, SCADA, protection design, and reliability studies.
- Oil, Energy, & Petrochemical Design & Engineering
Electrical engineering support for upstream, downstream, storage, transportation, LNG terminals, and refining facilities.
- Industrial & Facilities Design & Engineering
Electrical layouts, process integration, and safety studies designed to maximize industrial facility efficiency and minimize costly downtime.
- Data Center Design & Engineering
Fast-paced electrical engineering, substation layout, protection coordination, and interconnection assistance for mission-critical data center developments.
Industries
Electric Utilities · Power Transmission & Distribution · Power Generation · Renewable Energy · Solar · Wind · Hydroelectric · Energy Storage · Oil & Gas · Petrochemical · Industrial · Manufacturing · Data Centers · Automation & Controls
Projects
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