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Special Award of Merit |
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Profile In Excellence
Chugach Electric
Chugach Electric is the largest electric utility in
Alaska, serving more than 69,000 wholesale and retail
customers in a service area the size of the state of
Delaware.
Chugach Electric Association is headquartered in
Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, which sits at the base
of the Chugach Mountains. Chugach provides power to
Alaskans from Homer to Fairbanks through sales to
wholesale and economy energy customers Matanuska
Electric Association, Homer Electric Association, the
City of Seward, Golden Valley Electric Association, and
Anchorage Municipal Light & Power.
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Program Highlights:
Chugach Electric in Alaska has developed and implemented a Reliability
Centered Maintenance analysis based, comprehensive PdM program for
substations.
Technologies applied include, Infrared Thermography, Partial Discharge
Detection, Combustible Gas detection, Substation Diagnostic Analysis,
Vibration analysis, Airborne Ultrasonics, and Dissolved Gas analysis.
The program has experienced avoided costs of US$2.2M to date and
projects further avoided costs of over US$500K over the next five years.
Equipment:
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Infrared Camera - FLIR Model P45
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Substation Diagnostic Analyzer - CVI Model 615C
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Vibration -
Commtest Model VC2000
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Airborne Ultrasound -
UE Systems Model 2000
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Partial Discharge -
Triple 5 Model FD50, version C
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Combustible Gas Detector -
Arbiter Model 921A
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Dissolved Gas Detector -
Hydran 103B
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The PdM Team:
Left to right:
Tusi Faafetai, substation technician
Tyler Chubb, substation technician
Scott Girard, senior substation
technician
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