Imagine safely performing operational decisions within milliseconds that historically took seconds, hours and even days to complete. L&S Electric makes this a reality by providing state-of-the-art automation and SCADA systems that result in increased revenues for our customers.

From the bottom up, L&S Electric provides the necessary components to accomplish full automatic control of your hydroelectric system. Existing manual control sequences can and are being effectively replaced with new automatic controls, providing hydroelectric owners with the following benefits:

• Improved generating efficiencies
• Reduced operating costs
• Reduced downtime
• Reduced maintenance costs
• Increased safety of personnel and equipment
• Remote control and monitoring capabilities
• Accurate and efficient data acquisition and report generation

Unit Automation

• Governing (frequency control)
• Black Start
• Start & Stop sequencing
• Synchronizing
• Efficiency control
• Power control
• Flow control
• Voltage control
• Kaplan 3D Cam control
• Pump storage control
• Synchronous Condensing control
• Pelton needle sequencing control

Plant Automation

• Water level control
• Flow control
• Optimization control
• Peaking control
• Distributive Power control
• Priority based unit Start & Stop sequencing
• Voltage control
• Cascaded plant control
• Isochronous load sharing
• Substation control

L&S Electric has successfully supplied supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems for numerous hydroelectric customers. These systems are non-proprietary and provide for both local and remote control and monitoring of systems, such as hydroelectric generating stations, water-gauging stations, dam structures and electrical substations.

L&S Electric’s SCADA systems provide our customers with competitive advantages through:

• Unattended monitoring of system conditions
• Automatic reporting of system faults and power production information
• Remote control and monitoring from multiple locations
• High system integrity through redundant system architectures
• Eliminated downtime providing continuous generation