Pathway Group, Inc. is an elite organization that provides its expertise and products to various industries including the energy industry. Pathway Group specializes in various aspects of the energy industry and provides turnkey solutions and consultation to its customers.
Pathway Group can be contracted under general services consultation by entities to determine overall services that are required by the customer. Pathway Group as part of the contract can provide Project Management and advisory services to lay out a plan for the customer, in order for the future work to be accomplished.
Pathway Group can also be contracted by third party financing companies to provide oversight into their investments in the energy industry sector.
The following are some of the services (not limited to) Pathway Group provides.
1. Pathway Group Cybersecurity Services
Assessment and Design Services: Provide advisory services and also evaluate current cybersecurity posture and recommend what and how systems can be implemented to accomplish optimum cyber security posture.
we provide our clients with the tools and resources needed to protect their investments and improve their overall operation through fundamental cybersecurity controls.
2. Pathway Group Reliability & Compliance Services
Every country has an Energy regulatory body that mandates Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) requirements and policies. We provide a range of Compliance Services that can support your generation facility’s regulatory compliance over its entire lifecycle: from project development and commissioning through ongoing compliance program management, and any audits or other events in between. Our primary objective is to ensure that your facility’s operations support regulatory compliance, providing owners and operators with the tools and resources needed to ensure they meet all applicable regulatory requirements.
Our experts have a depth of expertise in the industry to assist registered entities with both the Operations and Planning standards and the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards. Pathway Group particularly understands the unique challenges currently facing solar generators, and our team has extensive experience with battery storage developers, solar developers, asset owners, and operators to minimize risk and achieve their regulatory and compliance goals.
3. Pathway Group Network Operations Services
Provide project management, guidance and services to implement, monitor, and maintain robust network operations and cybersecurity controls to help maximize the availability and reliability of generators and control centers. Security is just another way we support operations. This means focusing on the security controls that improve your critical infrastructure's operational availability and ensuring that security never gets in the way of operations.
4. Pathway Group Engineering & Interconnected Services
Pathway Group has Engineering and Interconnection teams staffed with registered professional electrical (PE) engineers with experience in transmission planning, operations engineering, and power/control systems design. Services offered include studies in transmission ratings; transmission and generation interconnection system impact studies; under-voltage load shedding assessment; voltage stability assessments; resource adequacy assessments; operating studies; loss factor and economic power-flow studies. Our team has expertise in General Electric’s PSLF power system modeling software, as well as PTI’s PSS/E and PSCAD modeling and power flow analysis tools. They’re adept in performing power flow, post-transient governor-power flow, voltage stability (QV/PV), and transient stability studies.
Through industry expertise, we pride ourselves on helping clients facilitate change, grow their business, meet compliance obligations, and reduce business risk. The following are some sub-services that can be offered as stand-alone service.
a. Transmission Capacity Assessment
b. Power flow analysis and impact Study
c. Generator Power Flow & Dynamic Modeling
d. Resource Adequacy Assessment
e. New Resource Implementation Process Management
f. Independent Engineering Analysis & Due Diligence Support
g. Preliminary Design & Cost Estimates
h. Interconnection Agreement Support
i. Under-Voltage Load Shedding Assessments
j. Generation Deliverability & Resource Adequacy Assessments
Pathway Group has extensive expertise in the managing the US power grid and its resources. By utilizing our services, customers typically avoid capital and maintenance costs and continue to operate their power grid reliably and safely and focus on delivering a sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy.
Pathway Group is a one stop shop for grid operators to ensure safety, reliability and affordability.