Network maintenance programs
Powerlink manages network maintenance programs that ensure ongoing reliability and security of electricity supply.
Powerlink provides complete maintenance solutions with highly experienced specialist staff providing safe, cost-efficient services. Services include telecommunications, substation capabilities, emergency service, live line and live substation work.
Powerlink ensures the highest standards of maintenance and operational management, including:
- works planning and scheduling
- auditing of practices and procedures and compliance checking
- asset inspections
- SME advice on asset risk
- field testing
- protection and systems analysis
- major plant failure and fault root cause investigations
- asset performance trending, analysis and reporting
- asset condition monitoring, analysis and assessment
- analysis of oil and gas samples.
Transmission lines capabilities
- Overhead line installation and maintenance up to 330kV
- Stringing conductor and optical fibre cable (OPGW) including Cradle Block Methodology
- OPGW cable installation and maintenance
- Easement services including inspection and maintenance
- Line survey and design verification
- Live line capability and engineering support
- Pole and steel lattice tower inspection and maintenance
- Emergency restoration
Substation capabilities
Powerlink delivers a range of services for brownfield sites. Substation capabilities include:
- Substation maintenance, testing, commissioning and technical support
- HV network switching operations
- Asset inspection and maintenance
- Primary and Secondary equipment testing and commissioning
- Live substation services and engineering support
- Switch gear installation, upgrade or replacement
- Civil works management
- CT and VT testing
- Protection, control and metering systems installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance to IEC61850 and other industry standards
- SCADA maintenance
Live line and live substation work
Powerlinkâs technicians have extensive experience in live line and live substation techniques. Powerlink has a reputation for excellence and safety in all aspects of its live work, and is recognised as a Live Substation techniques leader. Powerlink is accredited in the use of both hot stick and bare hand work.
Emergency service
Powerlink provides a 24/7 maintenance and breakdown response service to ensure network reliability through rapid response of resources and materials.