Company Profile
Nor Cal Controls, LLC
Company Overview
Nor Cal Controls, LLC is a professional customer-focused company offering consulting, engineering and training services to the Power Industry.
The company emphasizes service and support to differentiate itself from more overworked, impersonal price-oriented consultation companies.
We currently have established clientele and continue fulfilling requests of new customers on regular bases.
We realize that, for us to flourish, we need to be accessible, receptive and flexible, to please clients by providing them with what they want, when they want it, and before the competition can offer it. We achieve this through a solution’s approach in which the customer's business objectives are top priority.
Once the needs and processes are understood and described, best-of-industry skills and leading edge products will be applied to design and develop a fitting solution to enable the client's business in the most cost effective way.
Nor Cal offers a consultant in which they can rely on to save them time, money and assist in crisis situations.
NCC has an amazing history of trouble shooting, locating root causes of logic problems, either on site or remotely, always striving to never leave a client stranded.
Other factors that are consistently considered are: system reliability, diagnostics capability, communications, and programming flexibility. In addition, productivity, efficiency, safety, energy savings and long-term supportability are among the criteria that are always taken in account.
Nor Cal Controls, LLC is company built on traditional business practices and integrity. We remain devoted to the personal attention of its clients, facilitating all aspects of the controls automation movement, while maximizing resources and securing the best available pricing.
We are a small company but a dedicated one. We are actively evaluating and participating in the market on a daily basis, in order to find the best solution for our clients and connect them to the latest market data, tools and strategies.
Operating efficiently, securing the latest market information, and putting clients first have proven to be the keys to our company's increase clientele – and that of our customer’s success.
Economic challenges make it all the more imperative to select consultants and contractors that are right. Focusing on the requirements of the project our always our guiding principle. No one can afford to select a consultant, integrator, system optimizer, trainer, or controls engineer based solely on their technology. More importantly is what they can do for you. Productivity, efficiency, safety, energy savings and long-term supportability are among the criteria that guide us.
Nor Cal Controls is a team that is willing to travel and is extremely flexible insuring that the job is completed. We understand that time is of the essence. We are always available for assistance in any emergency situation, guaranteed. We understand that the longer an outage, the longer the facility or plant is losing money. We feel that education is the strongest tool in preventing human error which could lead high cost or more importantly jeopardize the health and safety of many people. We are patient in explanations and teaching; even if that means that we will not be needed again.
*We strive always to be accessible, receptive and flexible to please clients by providing them with what they need, when they need it.
*Our customer's business objectives are our top priority.
*Focusing on the requirement of the project is always our guiding principle.
*Productivity, efficiency, safety, energy savings and long-term supportably are among the criteria that guide us.
*Educating to prevent human error is our philosophy.
*We are always willing to travel, 24/7 emergency assistance is guaranteed.
*Our goal is to assist you so that you won't have to depend on us or any other company.
Company History
The founder and owner, Robert Lopez is a professional controls engineer with over twenty-five years of progressive and responsible experience in the power industry. Mr. Lopez has spent most of his career in operations, controls engineering, training, and SCADA coordination.
Mr. Lopez has been responsible for Controls development and implementation of performance enhancements to GE Fleet, troubleshooting and testing controls philosophies prior to installation, start-ups and operations, initial power up of MkV through performance run and COD, MARKV Controls Engineering, teaches MKV and MKVI Controls Training, BOP and MarkV check outs, loop testing and system checks on both Steam Turbine and Gas Turbine, I&C Tech.
Through his varied areas of expertise, he enjoys projects that optimize and improve the power industry.
What began as a part-time business has become a full time, emergent business expanding in meeting the needs of the industry.
Notable Clients
ProEnergy, Calpine Corporation, Corn Belt Power Cooperative, Emerson Process Management, Harris Group, Nebraska Public Power District, DC Systems, Wadham Energy L.P., MidAmerican Energy, GWF, ArcelorMittal Burn Harbor, IMPA, Department of Water Resources, Waller Marine
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Current Notable Projects:
*Migration of California Peakers DPG's to RIG's
*ACG CES/RTU Installation and Testing Calpine Corp.
*Turbine Controls team - Waller Marine. Floating 7FA Turbine Barges in route to Venezuela.
(http://www.wallermarine.com/Power%20Barge%20Brochure%20.pdf)
*Thermozulia single fuel to dual fuel modifications/ProEnergy/Venezuela Project
*Active MKVI & LM6000 MillenniumTraining