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SCADA Project Experience

Our experience started early with custom written applications and operating systems, followed by standardization of SCADA applications and finally the establishment of Kern & Associates, Inc.
» Projects during the 60’s and 70’s
» SCADA Projects (1980-93)
» Kern & Associates, Inc. (1993-Present)

 

 

Projects during the 60’s and 70’s

 

DAQ

Elec. SCADA

Gas SCADA

Process Control

Date

Project Role

NNG - Omaha

 

 

 

1966-69

Software designer; pipeline’s steady-state model

PSNM – Albuquerque

 

 

 

1970

Software designer; redundant computers and disk

LILCO – Long Island

 

 

 

1971

Project leader

GE/NASA – Houston

 

 

 

1972

Large scale data acquisition projects

IP&L - Indianapolis

 

 

 

1973

Software designer; RTU drivers

DP&L – Dayton

 

 

 

1973

Software designer; RTU drivers

NEPCO – New England

 

 

 

1973-74

Project leader

CenGas – Lincoln, NE

 

 

 

1974-75

Project leader, software designer, installation

Wisconsin Gas - Milwaukee

 

 

 

1974-76

Project leader, software designer, installation

Indiana Gas – Indianapolis

 

 

 

1975-76

Project leader, software designer, installation

BP Chemicals – Hull, England

 

 

 

1977-79

Project manager

U. S. Industrial Chem. - Houston

 

 

 

1977-79

Project manager

Elizabethtown Gas

 

 

 

1978

Project manager, system designer, installation

Greater Winnipeg Gas

 

 

 

1978

Project manager, system designer, installation

Mississippi Valley Gas

 

 

 

1978

Project manager, system designer, installation

New Jersey Natural Gas

 

 

 

1979

Project manager, system designer, installation

Cincinnati Gas & Electric

 

 

 

1979

Project manager, system designer

Cascade Natural Gas Corp.    

  1979 Project manager, system designer

GazMet - Montreal

 

 

 

1980

Project manager, system designer

Baltimore Gas & Electric

 

 

 

1981

Project manager, system designer

SCADA Projects (1980-93)

Projects Listed Alphabetically

Direct Sale

Indirect Sale[i]

Formal Proposal[ii]

Project Manager[iii]

Division Manager[iv]

Alabama-Tennessee Pipeline

 

 

Battle Creek Gas Company

 

 

Boston Gas Company

 

Cascade Natural Gas Corp. (2nd Project)

 

 

Centra Gas (GWG) (2nd Project)

 

 

Central Illinois Light Company

 

Central Illinois Public Service

 

 

Chino Mines

 

 

 

City Gas of Florida

 

 

City of Colorado Springs

 

Clearwater Gas System

 

 

Consumers Gas

 

 

CPC – Taiwan

 

 

 

East Bay Municipal Utility District

 

 

 

 

Elizabethtown Gas Company (2nd Project)

 

Louisiana Gas Service Company

 

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

 

Metropolitan Utilities District

 

 

 

Michigan Gas Company

 

 

Michigan Gas Utilities

 

 

Midwest Gas Company

 

 

Minnegasco

 

Mississippi Valley Gas Company (2nd Project)

 

Mobile Gas Service Corporation

 

 

Montana Power Company

 

New Jersey Natural Gas Company (2nd Project)

 

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.

 

North Carolina Natural Gas Corp.

 

Northwestern Public Service Co.

 

Saginaw Bay Pipeline

 

 

 

South Carolina Pipeline Corp.

 

Southeastern Michigan Gas Company

 

 

Southern California Gas Company

 

 

 

TransGas Limited

 

 

United Cities Gas Company

 

 

Wisconsin Gas Company (2nd Project)

 

YPF – Argentina

 

 

 


 

[i] Managed the salesmen that made these sales.

[ii] Created, with the help of a good secretary, most all of the formal proposal documents that were issued by Fisher SCADA/GAS.

[iii] Directed project meetings and managed schedules, systems staging, integration, installation and startup.

[iv] Managed all business and technical aspects of Fisher SCADA/GAS, a division of Fisher Controls International, 1980-93.

 

Kern & Associates, Inc. (1993-Present)

SCADA Project

Business Case

Requirements Specification

RFQ & Vendor Selection

Contract & SOW

Project Mgt

FAT & SAT

RTU Work

Oak Ridge Utility Distinct

 

 

NUI (Elizabethtown Gas Company)

 

New Jersey Natural Gas Company

 

 

 

NJR Service Corporation (New Jersey Natural Gas Company)

Wisconsin Gas Company (No. 1)

 

 

 

 

Wisconsin Gas Company (No. 2)

Wisconsin Energy Corp (Wisconsin Gas and Wisconsin Natural merger)

 

 

 

Atlanta Gas Light Company

 

 

 

Centra Gas Manitoba, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Montana Power Company (NorthWestern Energy)

NWPS (NorthWestern Energy)

 

 

 

 

 

Mississippi Valley Gas Company

Louisville Gas and Electric Company (No. 1)

Louisville Gas and Electric Company (No. 2)

 

 

Mobile Gas Service Corporation

Central Illinois Light Company

 

 

Colorado Springs Utilities Gas Dept.

 

 

 

 

 

CenterPoint Energy (NGT & MRT) #1

 

 

 

 

CenterPoint Energy (NGT & MRT) #2

 

 

 

 

Boston Gas Company (Keyspan)

North Carolina Natural Gas Corporation

Xcel Energy

 

 

 

 

 

CenterPoint Energy (Minnegasco)

SEMCO Energy Gas Company

 

 

 

Ameren Services (CIPS)

 

Ameren Services (CILCO addition)

 

 

Ameren Services (IP addition)

 

 

 

 

AQUILA (Michigan Gas Utilities)