Power Utilities Timing Solutions
Utilities
Protect critical utility infrastructure with reliable timing solutions that ensure operational continuity and meet industry compliance requirements.
Today’s Grid Demands Split-Second Coordination
Modern power infrastructure must support smart grid operations, but utilities face increasing pressure to provide:
Real-time grid monitoring and control
Reliable and resilient protection against cascading failures
Regulatory compliance and security
The Result Is Critical Timing Dependencies
The evolution toward smart grid technology brings essential synchronization challenges, including:
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Government security mandates to build networks with secure, traceable time sources.
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IEC 61850 compliance complexity requiring precise timing for digital substation automation, GOOSE messaging, and sampled values.
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Mission-critical accuracy requirements with microsecond precision needed for synchrophasors and protective relay coordination.
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Digital Substation Evolution Requires more stringent time and phase synchronization for operations and accurate Sampled Values
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Aging infrastructure protection where legacy systems lack modern timing capabilities but are required to support some existing critical services that are still in use.
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Transition of needed legacy services to new architecture: Ensuring timing accuracy when migrating from SONET/SDH infrastructures to more flexible and efficient platforms like MPLS and DWDM
Syncworks Ensures Grid-Critical Timing Reliability
Syncworks understands that power grid operations demand absolute timing precision and unwavering reliability. Our specialized utility timing solutions combine industry-leading technology with deep knowledge of power system requirements to deliver:
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Mission-Critical PMU Synchronization using TimeProvider systems that achieve sub-microsecond accuracy for synchrophasor measurements, enabling real-time grid monitoring and protection against cascading failures.
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IEC 61850 Compliant Solutions featuring IEEE C37.238 Power Profile implementation for digital substation automation ensuring support needed for the next gen equipment
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Enhanced Security and Resilience through ePRTC architectures with extended holdover, secure GNSS reception, validation, and redundant timing distribution that meets current and future requirements while protecting against jamming and spoofing threats.
Our utility-focused approach includes specialized field services for substation environments, compliance documentation support, and training programs designed specifically for power system engineers and operators.
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