Grid and Primary Substation End-to-End Earthing Process

EARTHING SPECIALIST / ASSET INFORMATION DATA

CPP DELIVERY ASSET MANAGEMENT
CONTRACTOR SYSTEMS

START

Carry out earthing

Commission earthing
Existing survey and
survey/design via
earthing report No assessment in
approved earthing
available? accordance with
contractor
EMS 10-0601
Yes

Carry out earthing

Earthing design in accordance
survey/assessment in No with EDS 06-0013
last 5 years?

Yes Produce earthing

report/drawing as
applicable
Post- No
construction report
available to verify
previous earthing Populate earthing data
design? exchange spreadsheet
Commission earthing
Yes design via approved
earthing contractor
Submit documents to
UKPN

Send documents to
Review documents
earthing mailbox
Install earthing design
Send earthing design
in accordance with
to delivery
ECS 06-0022 Upload documents to
Document
Management System
Test earthing in
accordance with
ECP 11-0406
Submit spreadsheet to Process spreadsheet
Data Systems to add data to SAP
Commission post-
construction earth test Submit results to
via approved earthing UKPN
contractor Carry out post-
construction Resolve data errors Yes Data errors?
measurement/
verification in
accordance with No
ECS 06-0022
END

Produce earthing
report

Populate earthing data

exchange spreadsheet

Submit documents to
UKPN
 Secondary Substation (Connection Projects and Network Planning) End-to-End Earthing Process
CONNECTIONS UKPN DELIVERY
CONNECTIONS / NETWORK PLANNING CUSTOMER ART ASSET MANAGEMENT
(Substation Design Team) (Network Ops or CPP)

New or Upgraded
Secondary Substation

Carry out earthing

study using SSEDT

Produce earthing
Send SAP substation Create substation in
design and
request to ART SAP CP1
construction forms

No

Substation Create substation

confirmed for Yes folder in Document
construction? Management System

Earthing study Send substation

valid? details to requestor
Oversee installation of
Customer to
No substation earthing
install earthing?
system
No

Yes
Measure earth
Update earthing study Yes Install earthing system
resistance

Produce earthing Issue earthing Check measured earth Create earthing

Measure earthing
design and construction form and LPN substation? No resistance against equipment record in
system resistance
construction forms drawing to customer design values SAP CP1

Copy earthing forms to

Complete final Enter measurement
Produce measurement
the workpack Yes earthing connections data from test form
certificate
and bonding into SAP CP1

Complete construction Upload test form to

Check measurement Check earthing
form with earthing Document
certificate available system
installation detail Management System

Return construction Send construction

Complete earthing test
form and certificate to form and certificate to
form ECP 11-0503a
UKPN* Electrical Designer Earthing
Check measured earth characteristics
resistance against Yes END
populated in SAP
design values CP1?
*Substation Design Team, Project Send test form to ART
Designer or Project Manager mailbox
Forward construction
form and certificate to No
Network Ops

Upload forms and

Enter earthing data Send reminder to
study to Document
into SAP CP1 designer/planner
Management System

Send earthing forms

and earthing study to
earthing mailbox
 Secondary Substation (Competition-in-Connections) End-to-End Earthing Process

CiC DESIGN ART CiC DELIVERY ICP ASSET MANAGEMENT

New (or relocated)

Secondary Substation

Carry out earthing Produce earthing form Design substation

study using SSEDT and send to ICP earthing system

Review earthing Submit earthing report

design and drawing to UKPN

Reject or conditionally
Revise earthing
accept design
Design accepted? No design and resubmit to
submission with
UKPN
comments

Send design
Yes Install earthing system
acceptance to ICP

Send SAP substation/ Create substation and

Measure earth
earthing system earthing system in
resistance
request to ART SAP CP1

Create substation Check measured earth

folder in Document resistance against
Management System design values

Update earthing study Send substation Complete earthing test

based on ICP design details to requestor form ECP 11-0503a

Create earthing
Send test form to ART Send test form to
equipment record in
mailbox UKPN
SAP CP1

Enter measurement
data from test form
into SAP CP1

Upload test form to

Document
Management System

Earthing
characteristics
Yes END
populated in SAP
CP1?
Enter earthing data
into SAP CP1
No

Send reminder to CIC

designer
Send earthing data
form, earthing study Upload forms and
and ICP earthing study to Document
report/drawing to Management System
earthing mailbox