ECI/EPCS provided the design, construction, and testing of the new collection substation and transmission line. ECI’s scope included full North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) compliance reports consisting of Frequency and Voltage Protection Settings for Generating Resources and Generator Relay Loadability Requirements among others.

Western Trail Substation was built for a new wind generation facility. Western Trail Substation includes two (2) Main Power Transformers (MPTs) and connects to the 345kV transmission system. The transmission line carries the generation from the wind farm to the Point of Interconnection (POI), which collects power from one hundred thirty (130) Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs) for a total nameplate rating output of 406.9 MVA during full generation.