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HV TESTING · COMMISSIONING · PROTECTION · IEC 61850

High voltage testing and commissioning across Australia

We test, commission and energise high-voltage assets — and stay accountable for the evidence that proves they are ready for service.

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132 kV TO 330 kV · TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

Transmission voltages, verified

Primary plant, protection and control across substations and switchyards — tested against agreed acceptance criteria before anything is energised.

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AUSTRALIA-WIDE · METRO AND REGIONAL

Crews and test equipment, where the asset is

Planned outages and fault response, mobilised with NATA-traceable instruments calibrated and in date.

Start a project Maintenance & support

0+Years in HV engineeringAcross the TES team

0 kVMaximum voltage classFrom 11 kV to 330 kV

0Service capabilitiesProject delivery and maintenance

All statesAustralia-wide coverageMetro and regional deployment

WHO WE ARE

Built for work that only gets done once.

TESTRANO Engineering Services is an Australian engineering company built for high-consequence electrical work — transmission and distribution networks, renewable generation, industrial plant and the critical facilities that cannot afford to go dark.

We test and commission high-voltage plant: transformers, switchgear, cables and the protection schemes that guard them. We engineer, configure and prove protection, control, SCADA and IEC 61850 systems. We take renewable connections from agreement through to the day they export. And we run the programs that keep all of it moving to schedule.

Asset owners, contractors and project teams call us when the outage window is fixed, the compliance deadline is real and there is no second attempt. What they get back is not an opinion — test records, result schedules, an issue register and verification an asset owner can sign against.

Primary injection test set connected to switchgear cable terminations

HV switchgear installation in a substation building

Substation communications rack with fibre and copper patching

High-voltage cable terminations and current transformers

Current and voltage transformer compartment under test

Protection relay panel with test leads connected during secondary injection testing

THE TESTRANO DIFFERENCE

Engineers who sign the test sheet.

Commissioning is the last point at which a mistake is cheap. Every test record we hand over carries the name of the engineer who performed it, and one named lead stays accountable for your scope from first quote to final handover — whoever is on site in any given week.

That works because the method is agreed before anyone mobilises. Procedures, acceptance criteria and reporting format are set at the start, so the result does not depend on which of our engineers is holding the test set.

We tell you what we find while there is still time to act on it, not in the close-out report. Test records, result schedules, an issue register and verification a client can sign against.

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RMU and auxiliary transformer kiosk commissioning with test results on screen

ENGINEERING SERVICES

Connected expertise, from concept to energisation.

Take a single defined package — a relay test scope, a commissioning window — or hand us the whole technical scope with one line of accountability.

Electrical design & engineering

Design that survives contact with site.

Design support and reviews
Network and technical studies
Earthing and lightning protection

HV & LV testing and commissioning

Find it on the test set, not at energisation.

Acceptance and primary plant testing
Pre-energisation verification
Test records and close-out

Protection & IEC 61850

Protection that operates when it should, and holds when it should not.

Studies, settings and relay testing
SCL, GOOSE and process bus
Multi-vendor interoperability

SCADA, RTU & communications

Multi-vendor systems that actually talk to each other.

DNP3, IEC 60870-5-104, Modbus
Signal mapping and integration
Interface and functional testing

Critical power & UPS systems

The supply that has to hold when everything else stops.

UPS and battery system testing
Changeover and bypass proving
Load transfer verification

Grid connection & renewables

From connection agreement to the day it exports.

NER S5.2.5, R1 to R3 hold points
Commissioning strategy and readiness
Evidence and defect close-out

Project management & delivery

Someone who understands the engineering and owns the program.

Scope, schedule and cost
Interface and stakeholder management
Handover and close-out

Intelligent transport & security

Installed properly, integrated with what is already there.

CCTV, LPR and ANPR
Speed detection and enforcement
Portable VMS and solar CCTV

Overhead lines & distribution networks

Pole-mounted assets, maintained from the ground up.

Pole-mounted switchgear and reclosers
EWP-based inspection and maintenance
Conductor, insulator and crossarm work

Browse by specialist scope

Protection relay testing HV substation commissioning Partial discharge testing Transformer testing IEC 61850 and SCL engineering SCADA and RTU commissioning BESS commissioning Power system studies Overhead line maintenance Pole-mounted switchgear Recloser commissioning

SERVICES & MAINTENANCE

Practical support that keeps operations moving.

Energisation is not the end of the relationship. Planned care, condition testing, defect rectification and operational support for assets already in service — as a standing arrangement or a single callout.

Planned electrical maintenance

Scheduled care that finds the problem before the outage does.

Inspection and asset care
Switchgear and transformer servicing
Condition reporting

Testing, diagnostics & condition

What is degrading, how fast, and what waiting will cost.

Partial discharge monitoring
Insulation and earthing diagnostics
Thermographic inspection

Corrective electrical work

Defects closed out properly, with the evidence to prove it.

Fault finding on live installations
Repair, replacement and retest
Root-cause assessment

Switching & operational support

Out on time, back on time, nothing left energised that should not be.

HV switching and isolation
Shutdown and outage testing
Return-to-service verification

Site equipment

Temporary site infrastructure for project clients, available for hire short or long term.

Mobile lighting towers
Camera towers
VMS boards

ACROSS THE PROJECT LIFECYCLE

Five stages, and you know where you are in all of them.

UnderstandYour priorities, risks, site conditions and what success looks like.

PlanScope, acceptance criteria, procedures and safe method agreed up front.

DeliverField execution with issues escalated as they surface, not at the end.

VerifyTraceable evidence against the criteria we agreed at the start.

SupportClose-out, handover documentation and help after the asset is running.

TES technician working from an elevated work platform on pole-mounted distribution equipment

OVERHEAD & DISTRIBUTION

The network does not stop at the fence line.

Pole-mounted switchgear, reclosers and sectionalisers, conductor and insulator work, and EWP-based inspection and maintenance — across urban feeders and rural distribution networks.

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INDUSTRIES

Standards, risks and site realities change by sector.

01Power & utilitiesTransmission, distribution, substations and operational networks. 02Renewable energySolar, wind, storage and the grid-connection interface. 03Data centresCritical power, UPS systems, commissioning and operational readiness. 04Industrial facilitiesProcess, manufacturing and heavy industrial assets. 05Transport infrastructureRail, road, tolling, enforcement and traffic systems. 06Critical infrastructureHigh-reliability assets where downtime is the whole problem.

EXPERIENCE

The networks our engineers already know.

Our team's experience was built on transmission and distribution networks, utility-scale renewable projects, data centres and heavy industrial plant — across Australia and overseas. That experience came with us when TES was formed.

EVIDENCE & HANDOVER

Every job leaves a record.

We document as we go, so the evidence exists when someone asks for it — at handover, at audit, or two years later when a relay operates and somebody needs to know why.

Partial discharge test set connected to high-voltage switchgear during commissioning

Test records

Every test performed, with the instrument used, its calibration status and the engineer who performed it.

Result schedules

Measured values against the acceptance criteria agreed before we mobilised, pass or fail stated plainly.

Issue register

What we found, when we raised it, who it went to and how it was closed out.

Calibration certificates

NATA-traceable certificates for every instrument used, issued alongside the test reports.

Verification sign-off

A statement an asset owner can sign against, confirming the asset is ready for service.

Close-out documentation

Marked-up drawings, settings records and anything the operations team needs after we leave.

ABOUT TES

Serious about the engineering. Easy to deal with.

We work on substations, renewable connections, industrial power systems and critical facilities. Our engineers cover electrical design, high-voltage testing, protection and IEC 61850, communications and project delivery — which makes the interfaces between those disciplines ours to manage rather than yours to chase.

Clients bring us in when a deadline is real. We tell them what we find while there is still time to act on it, and we hand over evidence somebody can sign against.

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TES engineer checking drawings against an RTU and communications cabinet

CREDENTIALS & COMPLIANCE

Professional standards. Recognised capability.

Everything a prequalification system asks for, in one place. Certifications and memberships are held by individual members of the TES team and listed exactly as held.

CPENG

Chartered Professional Engineer

Assessed competence, ethical obligation and continuing development. Verifiable on the register.

NER

National Engineering Register

Professional standing recognised across Australian jurisdictions.

PMP

Project Management Professional

Structured planning, coordination and risk management.

ISO 50001

Energy management

Team standards experience, not company certification.

CEM

Certified Energy Manager

Held by a member of the TES team.

CMVP

Measurement & verification

Certified Measurement & Verification Professional.

Engineers Australia

Professional affiliation.

ETU

Electrical Trades Union

Industry membership.

Professional certifications and memberships are held by individual TES team members. ISO 50001 is described as team standards experience rather than company certification. Registration details are provided with every proposal.

Licences, insurance and authorisations

Everything below is current and ready for your prequalification portal. Send us your requirements and we will return the full pack — licences, certificates of currency, network authorisations and safety documentation.

Electrical contractor licence NSW Public liability Certificate of currency on request Professional indemnity Design, studies and technical advice Workers compensation Network access authorisations Issued by the network operator Prequalification registrations Client and contractor portals Safety management system SWMS and procedures per scope Calibration certificates NATA-traceable, issued with test reports

ABN 22 667 175 411 · ACN 667 175 411

Standards and test equipment

Work is planned around the applicable standard, your specification and the network operator’s requirements — whichever is more onerous. Test equipment is calibrated to NATA-traceable standards, with certificates available alongside test reports on request.

AS 2067 Substations and HV above 1 kV AS/NZS 3000 Wiring rules AS/NZS 4836 Safe working on LV AS 60076 Power transformers AS 62271 HV switchgear IEC 60255 Measuring relays IEC 61850 Substation communications NER S5.2.5 Generator performance Omicron Relay and injection testing Megger Insulation and cable diagnostics Doble Primary plant testing

FREQUENTLY ASKED

Questions before we start.

What does TES do?

TESTRANO Engineering Services is an Australian engineering company providing HV and LV testing and commissioning, protection and IEC 61850 engineering, SCADA and communications, critical power, grid connection support, project delivery, and ongoing maintenance and asset support.

When should TES get involved?

As early as you can. We can support planning and design reviews, or join later for pre-commissioning, testing, energisation readiness, defect resolution and handover.

Can you take one package or the whole program?

Both. TES can deliver a defined testing or engineering package, or coordinate a broader multidisciplinary scope across the project lifecycle.

What do we get at completion?

Completed test records, result schedules, an issue register, verification evidence and close-out documentation — enough for an asset owner to sign off with confidence.

Do you offer ongoing maintenance?

Yes. Planned maintenance, condition testing, corrective work and operational support are available as a standing arrangement or a single callout.

What states does TES operate in?

Australia-wide, metro and regional, with crews and test equipment mobilised to site. Network authorisations held are listed on the credentials section.

Protection commissioning workstation with a relay under test and results on screen

READY WHEN YOU ARE

Bring us the hard one.

The asset that keeps tripping. The connection that will not close out. The outage window that is too short. Tell us what is in front of you.

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CONTACT

What are you working on?

Tell us about the project, the technical problem or the deadline. We will ask the right questions and help you find a way through.

info@tes-eng.com.au

Phone: 1300 374 155
Coverage: Australia-wide project support, metro and regional

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