The National Energy Board (NEB or the Board) requires temporary electricity engineering services from highly qualified, experienced technical contractors during peak work-load situations. The contractor will review the electricity facility IPL applications before the Board on a requested basis using guidance from the Board's Electricity Filing Manual and the Board's electricity General Order. The review will be summarized in a report to the NEB as an assessment of the application to the Board for a possible recommendation. In addition, the review may be used to generate Information Requests (IRs) to industry. The contractor may create and or provide input to the IRs as well as assist with hearing questions.
The contractor is expected to provide consulting services for the purpose of providing briefings on the North American international powerline environment, including reference to and interrelationships between roles and responsibilities of regulators and system operators (including interrelationships with respect to the last 5 bullets in the list below). The contractor is expected to provide consulting services for the purpose of providing expert advice to the Board on IPL facilities with a focus on the engineering aspects of the application.
These aspects may include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:
•Project components and activities including engineering design details and engineering design philosophy
- Project schedule and other required approvals
- Impacts to the bulk power system
- Reliable operation of power system and applicable reliability standards
- Safety Plans
- Emergency Plans
- Requirements for ongoing regulation of the IPL
The contractor would be expected to deliver expert advice to the NEB in the form of oral or written presentations, reports or advice, depending upon the preference of the NEB. The NEB will maintain a record of deliverables received from the contractor.
