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Harnessing a powerful combination of talents—engineering expertise and proven leadership ability—Blue Arc illuminates issues so clients can see the way to success.
About Blue Arc
Blue Arc Energy Solutions provides management consulting to solve clients’ utility, engineering, mechanical, and technical problems. Blue Arc applies more than 25 years of top-notch engineering and management experience every day to lead impressive projects with far-reaching impact.
Services and Capabilities
Blue Arc takes a flexible approach in its dedication to helping each client succeed. Whether you need a hand with one piece of a project, like data collection and analysis, or you need long-term leadership and expertise, Blue Arc can overcome the small and large gaps that stand between you and success.
- Step 1 – Reliable Radar Scan
- Step 2 – Charting a Course
- Step 3 – Data Discovery
- Step 4 – Testing and Analysis
- Step 5 – Naming the Suspects
- Step 6 – Filing the Flight Plan
- Step 7 – GPS Navigation Assistance
1. Utility Storm Preparedness & Weather Service Integration Analysis
An electrical utility can now predict the occurrence of severe weather, anticipate the level of damage it will cause, and employ its resources accordingly. Its ability to restore power quickly makes customers happy.
2. Group Facilitation Assistance
A consortium of 40 North American transmission utility providers now have an industry-wide basis for data comparison. Blue Arc led a diverse group to consensus resulting in a standardized method to measure system reliability, while allowing for individual customization to address unique challenges.
3. Maintenance Effectiveness Study
A closer look at a utility’s tree-trimming practices cleared the path for increased reliability and customer satisfaction. Blue Arc identified specific areas and circuits where trimming practices were ineffective at reducing recurring outages and recommended an improved approach.
4. Failure Analysis Study
A utility optimized maintenance regimes on its substation breakers to maximize the equipment’s normal operational patterns and cut maintenance costs while reducing substation lockout failures. Blue Arc’s failure analysis study provided the necessary data and insight.
Contact Us
Blue Arc Energy Solutions
106 West Calendar Court, No. 250
LaGrange, IL 60525
Office: 708.354.2710
Fax: 708.354.2734
Meet the Consultant
Meet Ed Kram, licensed engineer and founder and principal of Blue Arc Energy Solutions, Inc. Ed earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. For 20 years he worked for ComEd (an Exelon subsidiary) in Chicago, IL, in various management and leadership roles. Since 2001, he has provided independent management consulting, helping clients increase reliability, improve customer satisfaction, save time and money, make informed cost/benefit decisions, and realize many other tangible benefits.
Blue Arc Energy Papers and Presentations
- Slide Show: Transmission Reliability Performance Metrics
- Transmission Performance Assessment
- Transmission System Reliability Performance Metrics Requirements
- Leveraging Operational Data to Improve Asset Management and Maintenance Decisions
- Transmission Line Availability Data Guidelines and Definitions
Client Testimonials
Get your projects off the ground and soaring with the help of Blue Arc's energy and persistence. The sky's the limit when you put these and Blue Arc’s other talents to work for you.
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