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Commissioning Services

Protection & Control

Protection Commissioning | SCADA Validation Energization Support

100+

Substation Projects

Up to 500 kV

Field Experience

Commissioning Scope

  • Protection System Verification & Pre-Commissioning

    Inspection and verification of protection and control systems, panel wiring, relay configurations, communications, and documentation to ensure installation quality and commissioning readiness.

  • Protective Relay & Scheme Testing

    Functional testing and validation of protective relays and complete protection schemes, including settings verification, logic testing, trip circuits, differential, distance, overcurrent, breaker failure, and other protection functions.

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  • Integrated Controls & SCADA Testing

    End-to-end verification of RTUs, HMIs, SCADA, communications networks, alarms, controls, and point-to-point functionality to confirm complete system integration

  • Protection System Troubleshooting & Modernization

    Diagnosis and resolution of protection, control, communications, and wiring issues, including relay replacements, panel upgrades, cutovers, and modernization of existing protection systems.

  • Energization & Outage Support

    Field support during outages, commissioning, initial energization, and system turnover, including protection-system validation, event analysis, troubleshooting, and coordination.

Structured P&C Commissioning Execution

Clear readiness, testing, troubleshooting and documentation workflow

  1. Readiness & Test Planning

    • Confirm wiring and control-power readiness
    • Establish safe test boundaries and outage window
    • Coordinate owner, utility, OEM and construction interface
    • Resolve pre-test deficiencies before execution

  2. Functionality Testing & Troubleshooting

    • Run approved functional test sequences
    • Observe operations and capture results
    • Isolate issues across wiring, equipment and communications
    • Verify corrections through targeted retesting

  3. Energization & Turnover

    • Support customer and utility witness testing
    • Perform energized operational checks
    • Close issue logs and punch-list items.
    • Deliver complete test records and turnover package
Discover our P&C Expertise

Controls integration is where Battery Energy Storage Systems Commissioning, P&C and utility requirements meet. NEEC helps validate the logic, data and field signals that support reliable operation.

SCADA, Controls & Plant Integration

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  • Turnkey Integration

    SCADA support from network architecture and field commissioning through utility testing.

  • Intelligent Energy Control

    Power-control logic for PV, BESS and hybrid resources aligned with dispatch and grid-response needs.

  • HMI & Data Analytics

    HMI configuration, data logging and performance insight to support asset operation.

  • Compliance & Security Support

    Design and commissioning support aligned with applicable NERC-CIP and utility cybersecurity requirements.

Safety First

Utility work demands more than technical competence. It requires disciplined preparation, clear communication, procedural compliance, and respect for hazards present in energized and high-energy environments. NEEC has a comprehensive safety program that includes our employees’ scope of work, industry best practices, OSHA and NFPA regulatory standards.
Experience Modification Rate (EMR): 0.65 (2026), with a three-year improving trend.