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As the engineering division of Cummins Cal Pacific, Cal Pacific Engineering is available to conduct feasibility studies, run engineering and financial calculations, prepare proposals, design integrated power generation systems, secure bonds, licenses and permits, procure and install equipment, manage projects and handle all commissioning and interconnectivity issues with existing public utility companies. In short – everything contractors and consultants need to reduce their risk and ensure project success.

Additionally, Cal Pacific Engineering can train personnel and establish remote monitoring and reporting systems. Extended service, maintenance and ongoing operations management services are also available.

Cal Pacific Engineering’s comprehensive scope-of-work experience enables it to fast-track new projects and cut order-to-commissioning times down to short weeks instead of long months.

Example Project (Snow Summit)
A ski resort in the San Bernardino Mountains, about two hours east of Los Angeles

Snowmaking at Snow Summit Ski Resort augments Mother Nature with help from Cummins Power Generation "micro–grid" system. This system requires about 12 megawatts of electricity to power air compressors, water pumps and fan guns.

The micro–grid is a medium–voltage distribution loop with various load taps along three miles of underground power lines. It consists of an integrated system of generators, transfer switches, digital paralleling equipment and controls, all manufactured by Cummins Power Generation Inc. This system gives the flexibility not only to power snowmaking equipment, but also to provide resort–wide power in the event of utility failure and to allow equipment to be taken off–line for maintenance.
Working with Cummins Cal Pacific, Irvine, Calif., Bob Sokolowski was able to design a system that balances flexibility, safety, cost–control and efficiency.

Example Project (Western Milling)
A large animal feed processor in Goshen, CA.

This project was designed to produce electricity and heat from a 1,250 kW Cummins lean-burn gas generator that works in parallel with the local utility. Most such on-site CHP systems generate electricity about 33% more efficiently than central power stations and can often help customers cut total energy costs by as much as 35%.

By focusing on what we do best – designing and integrating the generation and customer systems – and working closely with the collaborating engineering and construction teams, we were able to get the whole CHP system up and running in just 12 weeks.