Dave Kopp-van Egteren
Asset Manager, Transmission and Distribution at NTPC – Northwest Territories Power Corporation- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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P.Eng
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)Jul, 2013- Nov, 2024
Experience
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NTPC – Northwest Territories Power Corporation
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Canada
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Utilities
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100 - 200 Employee
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Asset Manager, Transmission and Distribution
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Sep 2017 - Present
Reporting to the Chief Technical Officer, I manage a small team that oversees all of the Transmission and Distribution assets in the company. Responsibilities include: Developing projects & estimates Preparing board papers Conducting detailed design Conducting design reviews Procuring material Developing and approving standards Developing the corporate Asset Management Policies and documentation Developing Asset Management Plans for Transmission and Distribution assets Writing, reviewing, and awarding RFPs and contracts Co-chair of the Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee Acting Chief Technical Officer as required
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CANA High Voltage Ltd.
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Calgary, Canada Area
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Transmission Engineer
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Mar 2014 - Aug 2017
Project history: Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) Horizon Upgrade Worked as a transmission line designer on single circuit 34.5kV power lines. The single circuit lines were constructed of direct-embed wood pole structures. Project responsibilities included detailed design, material specification, preparing construction drawings, and providing responses to requests for information (RFIs) during construction. Saskatchewan Power Corporation (SaskPower) Transmission Line Rebuilds Worked as a transmission design engineer for transmission line rebuilds in southern Saskatchewan. These projects included upgraded ground clearance and insulation for future line upgrades to 138kV from 72kV, structure design, material takeoffs, and preparation of design drawings. Galloping Study Completed a galloping performance study on a recently constructed 230kV transmission line. Project responsibilities included analysis of the line design, comparison of the line with geographically similar transmission lines, preparation of a report on findings and recommendations to reduce the frequency of outages due to galloping.
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Transmission Engineer
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Jul 2013 - Mar 2014
Project history:Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) Horizon UpgradeWorked as a transmission line designer on double circuit 34.5kV power lines. The double circuit lines were constructed of steel monopole structures on caissons. Project responsibilities included detailed design, material specification, preparing construction drawings, and providing responses to requests for information (RFIs) during construction.
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Transmission Designer
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Jul 2010 - Jul 2013
Project history:Substation Grounding StudiesWorked as a designer on grid upgrades at FortisBC substations. Project responsibilities included modeling existing ground grids, designing ground grid upgrades to maintain safe touch and step voltages, and reporting the findings and the proposed upgrades.Double Circuit Mitigation ProjectsWorked as a transmission designer on numerous 138kV lines in northern Alberta. Project responsibilities included designing solutions to mitigate line-to-line and ground clearance violations, specifying material, and preparing construction drawings.Conductor Sizing StudyWorked as a transmission designer on a 230kV transmission line relocation. Project responsibilities included determining corona onset voltage and conductor surface voltage gradient, calculating radio interference, and preparing a conductor size recommendation.Railway Interference Study Worked as an Engineer-in-training to complete an AC Interference study. Project responsibilities included modeling 6.5km of railway parallel to a double circuit transmission line and determining the resultant voltage and current levels on the railway.Pipeline Induction StudyWorked as an Engineer-in-training to complete an AC Interference study. Project responsibilities included modeling pipelines and 72kV power lines within the project area and determining the resultant voltage and current levels on the pipelines.Thermal RatingsWorked as a transmission line designer. Project responsibilities included validating and reviewing existing line models; analyzing line-to-line and ground clearances; and reporting the findings and line ratings based on the completed analysis.
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RMP Energy Storage
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Canada
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Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Planning Engineer E.I.T.
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Jun 2008 - Jun 2010
Project history: Renewable Energies Worked as a planning engineer-in-training on a number of wind farms under development in southern Saskatchewan. Project responsibilities included creating and validating of wind regime models; calculating wind farm capacity factors; developing economic models of wind farms and pumped hydro plants; developing and analyzing statistics for energy prices in various markets; and investigating carbon capture and sequestration technologies and their economic viabilities. Wind Spirit Project Worked as a planning engineer-in-training. Project responsibilities included modeling the necessary interactions between wind farms and energy storage systems to create a base load wind power product.
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Education
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2003 - 2008
University of Calgary
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Electrical Engineering
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