Portage Power: multi-year electrical maintenance program

Maintenance partner renewed for the Chaudière Falls fleet (≈86.7 MW).

Portage Power (affiliated with Hydro Ottawa) operates the Chaudière Falls stations, about 86.7 MW. Renewed in 2025 and 2026, FORWA delivers NETA/IEEE electrical maintenance: SEL relay testing, I/O, transformer oil, stator insulation, batteries and chargers.

Highlights

  • Multi-year framework agreement
  • Outage planning and coordination
  • Preventive maintenance to NETA, IEEE and ASTM
  • Protection relay and control system testing
  • Transformer and generator diagnostics
  • Battery, charger and DC service testing
  • Technical reports, trends and recommendations
  • More than 500 hours during the 2025 campaign

Results

  • Partnership renewed year after year
  • Over 500 hours on the 2025 campaign alone

A comparable mandate?

Describe the asset, the role you need and the site window.

Discuss a similar project