Switching cannot be improvised
At transmission and substation voltages, switching and clearance procedures have to be exact and disciplined. A rushed or undocumented switching step is a serious safety and reliability event.
Protective Relay Testing
Substation Arc Flash
OSHA 1910.269
NERC CIP Aware
The Reality On Site
What facilities managers in utilities deal with.
Utility electrical work operates at energy levels and under a regulatory microscope few other industries face. This is what your team manages.
Protection has to be proven, not assumed
Protective relays are the last line between a fault and a catastrophe. They have to be tested and calibrated to prove they’ll trip correctly, and the results have to hold up to a regulator’s review.
Regulators want the record
NERC, state commissions, and OSHA all expect documentation. It’s not enough to maintain the system. You have to show your work in a form an auditor can pull and trust.
Standards & Compliance
The standards regulators hold you to.
Utility electrical work answers to reliability and safety regulators at the same time. We work to the frameworks your compliance group already lives inside.
OSHA 1910.269
Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution safety requirements.
NERC CIP Awareness
Critical Infrastructure Protection context for work touching bulk electric system assets.
NETA Maintenance Testing
Acceptance and maintenance test standards for high-voltage equipment and relays.
IEEE 1584
Incident energy analysis at transmission and substation energy levels.
NFPA 70E
Electrical safety in the workplace, aligned with utility work rules.
IEEE C37 Series
Protective relay and switchgear standards guiding testing and coordination.
How We Help
How BASS MCS serves utilities.
Protective relay testing and calibration
We test and calibrate protective relays and trip devices to confirm coordination and correct operation, with records that satisfy a reliability audit.
Switching and de-energization support
Disciplined switching support and clearance-aware work practices so high-voltage tasks happen safely and by the book.
Substation-level arc flash analysis
IEEE 1584 incident energy studies at transmission and substation energy levels, with NFPA 70E and OSHA 1910.269 aligned labeling and boundaries.
Regulator-ready documentation
Test data, condition reports, and photo records formatted for the file NERC, a state regulator, or OSHA might request.