Utilities

RTI electric utility experts have provided engineering and scientific services to the power industry for over 30 years. Services to the industry have included:

• conducting forensic root cause analyses of major power generation and distribution accidents
• analyzing equipment failures and performance problems
• providing improved equipment reliability recommendations
• assessing the condition of aging equipment for repair/replace options
• addressing “prudence issues” related to rate-based and regulatory hearings
• acting as a spokesperson in press conferences, city council meetings, and in courts of law
• conducting audit and reliability studies for operating utility plants and distribution systems
• authoring technical books and guidelines for the utility industry

Our consultants specialize in many areas, including: boiler systems, cables, electrical faults, electrocutions, explosion analysis, fire cause analysis, fire modeling, fire protection, generators, materials and mechanical systems, nuclear reactors, substations, toxic substances, transformers, transmission and distribution systems, turbines, protection systems, and visual communications.

From expert engineering analysis to visual presentation, RTI has the people, the experience, the technology, and the vision to manage projects for the utility industry, solve problems, and communicate results effectively.