Power engineering is the specialized discipline that makes sure a solar or storage system connects to and operates safely on the grid — through power system studies, protection design, and interconnection support. Pure Power's power engineering team handles pre- and post-interconnection studies, protection systems, microgrid engineering, and utility coordination. It's the expertise that keeps a project compliant, safe, and approvable from the utility's perspective.

Pure Power conducts a full range of power system studies, including load flow, reactive power, short circuit, cable ampacity, arc flash, grounding, lightning risk assessment, and equipment evaluation. These analyses confirm the system will operate safely, meet utility requirements, and protect equipment and personnel. They support interconnection, grid compliance, and utility approval.

Protection design ensures the system detects and isolates faults quickly to keep people and equipment safe. Pure Power provides protection coordination studies, SEL relay RDB file generation, control and wiring schematics, and testing procedures. This delivers a complete, testable protection scheme ready for commissioning and utility acceptance.

Pre-interconnection studies — such as load flow, short circuit, dynamic, and protection studies — evaluate how a project will affect the grid before it's approved, supporting the utility application and queue process. Post-interconnection work carries the project through utility submissions, impact study support, meetings, and drawing revisions until approval. Pure Power supports both phases, including PSCAD and PSS®E modeling and queue strategy.

An arc flash study calculates the potential energy released during an electrical fault, which determines the safety measures and personal protective equipment required to work on the system. It's essential for worker safety and code compliance at solar and storage facilities. Pure Power includes arc flash analysis as part of its power system studies, alongside grounding, short circuit, and equipment evaluation.

Yes. For microgrids, Pure Power provides preliminary design, full engineering, interconnection, protection systems, power studies, DER (distributed energy resource) integration, load management, and commissioning support. For repowering, the firm supports system upgrades and integrations that optimize long-term asset performance — helping owners get more out of aging or underperforming projects. Both draw on the same power engineering expertise that keeps systems safe, compliant, and grid-ready.