Wiley|Wilson was selected to provide special systems commissioning on the upgrade of the National Naval Medical Center's emergency power system, which also included a comprehensive electrical coordination study.

The Wiley|Wilson team was on site for a total of six months conducting pre-functional and functional performance testing and collecting data for an electrical coordination study.

Exhaustive testing was conducted on three Caterpillar 1.5 megawatt generators, Caterpillar paralleling switchgear, International switchgear organization programming and 27 downstream Kohler automatic transfer switches. Additionally, a connecting fuel supply system consisting of large storage tanks, fuel polishing system, pumps and day tanks was tested. A comprehensive “Black Test” of the emergency power system was overseen by the Wiley|Wilson commissioning team.