Kiah Harris

Kiah Harris
Project Manager
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P: 816-822-3174
F: 816-822-3027

Experience, Expertise Combine for Thorough Analyses

Experience, Expertise Combine for Thorough Analyses

Managing power delivery in today's complex electric market is no easy task.

Burns & McDonnell transmission and market experts combine current regulatory expertise with more than 100 years of experience in the power industry.

Analysis Built on In-House Design and Regulatory Expertise

When you choose Burns & McDonnell for power system and market analyses, you get the flexibility of access to industry standard software applications plus engineering and regulatory expertise developed through more than 100 years of power industry experience. Burns & McDonnell is a full-service engineering and construction services firm, so our power system analysis services are enhanced by in-house design expertise.

Combine the power system simulation with geographic information system (GIS) data, land-use analysis and load forecasting. Among our distribution analysis services:

  • Economic upgrades
  • Network planning
  • Reliability analysis
  • Harmonic studies
  • Embedded generation
  • System protection

Burns & McDonnell has extensive planning experience with utility companies and regional transmission operators throughout the U.S. and internationally. Among our transmission analysis capabilities:

  • Reliability assessment
  • Transfer analysis
  • Economic analysis
  • Equipment specification
  • Optimal power flow
  • Static and dynamic analysis
  • Probabilistic analysis
  • Voltage control
  • Protection

We have a thorough knowledge of analysis techniques for regulated and nonregulated generation investments. Among our generation planning services:

  • Distributed generation
  • Siting studies
  • Market analysis
  • Power supply solicitation evaluations
  • Locational marginal pricing studies
  • Unit commitment studies
  • Interconnection studies

Industrial sites have unique power needs. We have the specialized skills to investigate local power quality issues. Our services include:

  • Power quality
  • Supply reliability
  • Voltage control
  • Harmonic analysis
  • Failure analysis
  • Short circuit studies
  • Load shedding
  • Transient analysis