Utilities Testimonials

Distributed Energy: Six Cat® G3520H Gensets Help Firm the Grid for Utah Utility

Deseret Power, a regional generation and transmission cooperative, required additional generating capacity to support its reliance on hydroelectric power and a solar project. Cat® dealer Wheeler Power Systems provided generator sets and assisted with design and construction of Solomon Station. The new and unmanned natural gas power plant is able to provide a quick response when more energy is required and bridges the gap between renewable sources of energy and traditional power generation.

Cat® Connect Helps Electric Company Monitor Substations' Gensets

Cat® Dealer Stowers Machinery helped Lenoir City Utilities obtain backup power to withstand any outage and ensure continuous power for its newly installed 82-mile fiber ring. Ranging in size from 35 to 60 kW, the 15 Caterpillar generators are located at substations where the fiberoptic nodes are housed. With Cat Connect installed, the generators will automatically start upon sensing a lack of utility power.

Cat® Mobile Generators Provide Power and Save Grain Following Deadly Tornado

A Cat® dealer helped Memphis-based Callan Salvage & Appraisal dispatch mobile generators to power Mayfield Grain. The portable power helped to save 6,800 trailer loads of grain worth more than $30 million.

Cat® 3512C Diesel Gensets Protect Data via Rooftop

Cat® Dealer Nebraska Machinery Company delivered three generator sets to a third-story roof to provide backup power for 1623 Farnam, a growing data center supporting on-ramps to the world’s largest cloud providers. Chosen for their weight, size, and low noise-level, the generator sets receive maintenance and support through a Cat Customer Value Agreement.

Solar Power Project Helps Lower Energy Costs at Wastewater Treatment Plant

Cat® dealer Ziegler Power Systems engineered and designed a solar project for the Iowa Great Lakes Sanitary District’s wastewater treatment plant. The 500 kW direct current system supplies about 70 percent of the power demand at the wastewater treatment plant, saves the district $100,000 a year in energy costs, and offsets almost 500 metric tons of CO2 emissions annually.

Utah Utility Teams Up With Caterpillar To Revamp Hydroelectric Plant

Utah Municipal Power Agency worked with Cat® dealer Wheeler Power Systems to overhaul its hydroelectric plant in Manti, including implementing Cat Switchgear and controls as well as remote monitoring.

University of Washington Adds to Standby Genset Fleet On Time and On Budget Through Cooperative Purchasing

Responsible for providing chilled water and emergency power to critical parts of the campus, the Campus Energy, Utilities and Operations department at the University of Washington acquired a fourth Cat® 3516 series standby generator set through cooperative purchasing to meet the university’s growing emergency power demand.

Chattanooga Powers Smart Grid Network With Caterpillar Service And Support

Chattanooga Electric Power Board’s smart grid serves more than 180,000 homes and businesses in southeastern Tennessee as well as areas in north Georgia, aimed at reducing peak loads, overall electricity use, as well as operations and maintenance costs. The smart grid is connected by dual rings of nine supernodes supported by Cat® backup generators. EPB relies on a Customer Value Agreement and Extended Service Coverage through its Cat dealer, Stowers Machinery, to help maintain the gensets, ensuring they run when called upon.

Service Agreement with Cat® Dealer Helps Iowa Utility Meet Requirements

Mount Pleasant Municipal Utilities depends on 12 Cat diesel generator sets to produce backup power should the entire city of 8,700 residents lose power. To comply with strict emissions requirements and keep the generators in top condition, Mount Pleasant counts on periodic testing and regular maintenance from Cat dealer Altorfer Power Systems as part of their long-term Customer Value Agreement.

Volunteer Energy Cooperative Saves Thousands in Monthly Energy Costs

Volunteer Energy Cooperative delivers reliable power to its members across 17 counties in Tennessee. To keep costs low, the cooperative commissioned a Cat® G3412 gas generator set at its Decatur headquarters to help offset costs during peak demand periods.

Cat® Cogeneration System Offers Energy Security for Fort Knox

Trillions of cubic feet of natural gas trapped beneath Fort Knox are now fueling Cat® generator sets, which provide prime and standby power for the base and – through a process known as combined heat and power – heat and cool the installation’s 400-bed hospital as well.

Altalink Replaces Aging Transmission Line With Help Of Cat® Rental Power

To replace an aging transmission line at Banff National Park, AltaLink partnered with Cat® dealer Finning Canada to commission a temporary power plant with six Cat diesel rental power generator sets, complete with Cat Connect Remote Asset Monitoring to ensure the gensets continued running for three months while they completed the project.

Managing Peak Demand With Cat® Generators

Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department strives to provide reliable power at reasonable rates to around 13,000 customers. Working with local dealer Milton Cat, Wakefield installed two Cat® G3520H generator sets to manage electrical demand more effectively.

Southwestern Energy Saves $700,000 in 11 Months with Cat® Dynamic Gas Blending™

To minimize high operating costs from diesel fuel, SWN turned to Caterpillar Oil & Gas and Cat dealer Riggs Cat for a dual-fuel solution – Dynamic Gas Blending (DGB™).

City of Lehi Lowers Energy Costs with Peak Shaving

As the population of Lehi, Utah grows, Lehi City Power needed a way to offset the high cost of power from the grid. With support from their Cat® dealer, Lehi developed a power generation facility featuring three Cat G3520H generator sets capable of producing nearly 10 percent of the power needs for 20,000 customers.

Cat® Generators Provide Efficient Power Solutions to Rural Oklahoma

People’s Electric Cooperative uses Cat® generator sets to provide efficient power to rural areas in south central Oklahoma at reasonable rates. PEC primarily runs the gensets when the cost of generating their own power is lower than purchasing grid power.

Cat® Generators Expand Power for New Utah Plant

Provo Power needed help reducing smog and emissions for their Utah Valley community. Using Cat generator sets, they constructed a new plant to produce cleaner air for the city.

Cat® Solar Demonstration Project Powers in Bulk

In order to expand its power generation, IMEA Rantoul implemented a solar power project that generated remarkable results.

Cat® Gas Generator sets Power High Altitude Utility in Extreme Conditions

Heber Light & Power keeps the electricity flowing through a peak load shaving effort that includes nine gas generator sets from Caterpillar. Around the clock, analysts at Heber Light & Power examine hour-by-hour wholesale energy prices to determine the most cost-effective combination of potential power sources to meet demand at any given time.

75% Of Residents With No Electricity

Myanmar had one of the lowest electrification rates in the world and development increased demand. A major energy crisis left millions of residents without electricity. A high-quality and high-performance power plant was needed quickly. MSP Cat and Caterpillar delivered 13 Cat CG260 gas generator sets and additional installation components. The $46.5 million project was completed on time, and the 50 MW power plant is supporting the national power grid.

Cat® gensets provide reliable emergency power

When it is complete, Markham Centre will be a development of 30 million square feet including residential, commercial and institutional buildings, and home to over 41,000 residents and 39,000 employees. Whether the Cat fleet is providing emergency power to our customers, or grid power, or thermal energy for our heating system, high reliability is the goal for MDE and our suppliers.

Replacing Utility Poles, Company Parallels Cat® Power Modules

Chester, California prepared to undergo a 72-hour power shutdown so that Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) could replace power poles and their cross-arms. PG&E’s North Valley General Construction Line Division (GC Line) contracted the local authorized Cat® dealer to provide temporary power to the town during this shutdown.

Integrated power systems help protect isolated Pacific Islands

The power plant needed to meet the demands of a tropical location, and include a comprehensive Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system to provide local and remote monitoring and control capabilities.

Cat® gensets use natural gas to power remote African community

In an effort to meet the Mtwara and Lindi regions' need for power, Artumas Group, Inc., designed a comprehensive gastopower project, tapping the abundant natural gas resources in the Mnazi Bay Concession. It took a cooperative effort between the local Cat® dealer and the installation and management team to ensure the successful commissioning of the power plant, notes Gathercole.

Cat® Gensets Increased Efficiency of Cogeneration System

The cogeneration system was put into service in 2004 and since that time has been used to generate the power need to cover the basic load. The remaining energy demand continues to be met by the four conventional heating boilers. The Cat G3520C natural gas generator set meets the heating needs of about 2,100 households, and generates 16.5 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year. Most of that energy is fed into the local power grid and sold.