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Realtime provided engineering and construction oversight services for the Fairview Energy Center (VINCO), a 2x1 combined cycle project. Project work consisted of a switch-yard/design on the local utilities system for a greenfield, 500kV switching station, tie line design, and construction oversight. Complete engineering and design for the facilities required to successfully interconnect a new natural gas fired, combined cycle power generation facility, producing a maximum power output of 1000 MW for the transmission system. The switch-yard consisted of three (3) 500kV breakers which formed a ring bus design and connected the generation plant tie-line to local utilities network. New line, differential, and breaker protection were designed for installation in a new control house.

Realtime with Quanta Services partner M.J. Electric provided engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for a new 345kV interconnect substation and a 345kV collector substation.  Complete engineering and design for the facilities required to successfully interconnect a new natural gas fired, combined cycle power generation facility, producing a maximum power output of nine hundred forty megawatts (940 MW) with the local utilities transmission system.  The interconnection was achieved via one (1) 345kV collector bus station and a separate 345kV switch-yard (Interconnect). The collector switch-yard consisted of (4) 345kV breakers which connected the output of the three (3) generators to the Interconnect yard.  New line, differential, and breaker protection was designed for installation in a new control house. The interconnect substation consisted of (5) 345kV breakers which connected to (4) lines and collector yard. New line and breaker protection was designed for installation in a new control house.

Realtime performed engineering services for Station 418. The project included an existing 115/12kV single bus air insulated substation with (2) two existing 115kV lines and (4) 115/12kV transformers. Two (2) new 115kV lines were added to the substation; Line 949 (to Station 48) and Line 940 (to Station 255). Both new lines got new 115kV circuit breakers and MODs, all new yard devices included SEL 2411s, and new breakers controlled by SEL 451s. Due to thermal overloading, Bus tie breaker 7X41872, its associated switches, and the bus were replaced. In addition, the existing circuit switchers were replaced. As part of the work, a new 115kV control house was installed, with new AC and DC systems, new communications interfaces and all required auxiliary systems were also installed. New 115kV Line, Bus and Transformer protection were installed in the new control house, specifically:

• New Line protection for the (2) existing 115kV lines; Line 910 & 917
• New 115kV Protection for existing 115kV bus sections 1 & 2
• New 115kV Protection for existing 1T, 2T, 3T and 5T
• New SEL 451s control and protection relays for the existing breakers
• All existing yard devices will get new SEL-2411s
• Two (2) new Station Service transformers