John Jackman, Nomination for Energy Innovator of the Year
by Layne T. Oliver, Master Sgt. Utah National Guard (Retired)
I became associated with John Jackman while I worked for the Utah Army National Guard as their Lead Electrician.
Around 2003, the "Power Control Company" (Mr. Jackman’s Company) was being contracted by Captain (now Colonel) Matt Branham from our engineering office to install some unique filters designed to correct a power factor issue at Headquarters in Draper. Also, we were experiencing routine power quality issues at our aviation site which directly affected our mission. The equipment that Mr. Jackman installed at these two sites greatly improved our electrical efficiency (In one case by Twenty-Five percent) and helped to protect our special equipment from severe power fluctuations, shut-downs and harmonic distortion. In the end, our operation and the "Tax payer" were saved thousands of dollars annually.
For example:
1. At the aviation facility, our mechanics were experiencing routine loss of power on the 400 cycle electrical system used to maintain our attack helicopters. The special filters added to this system corrected the issue allowing the staff to complete repairs and fulfill the mission.
2. At our headquarter facility the power factor of the electrical system was measuring between 72 and 78 percent routinely. Rocky Mountain Power encouraged the National Guard to get help with this issue or they would have to impose a "Fine" for the additional power required to run our operation. In addition, we had an exponential harmonic distortion problem that was interrupting our special IT operations. After adding the unique filters that Power control Company designed, all of these issues went back to a normal operation mode of function.
3. Also worth noting is, the additional TVSS surge protection that was included with the filters at Head quarters. This TVSS system protected all of our equipment from a devastating surge caused by a truck that hit a main power grid pole around 2004. Many companies throughout Salt Lake valley were not as lucky, as a result, lost lots of expensive electronic equipment etc.
Respectfully,
Master Sergeant, Layne T. Oliver (Retired)
by Layne T. Oliver, Master Sgt. Utah National Guard (Retired)
I became associated with John Jackman while I worked for the Utah Army National Guard as their Lead Electrician.
Around 2003, the "Power Control Company" (Mr. Jackman’s Company) was being contracted by Captain (now Colonel) Matt Branham from our engineering office to install some unique filters designed to correct a power factor issue at Headquarters in Draper. Also, we were experiencing routine power quality issues at our aviation site which directly affected our mission. The equipment that Mr. Jackman installed at these two sites greatly improved our electrical efficiency (In one case by Twenty-Five percent) and helped to protect our special equipment from severe power fluctuations, shut-downs and harmonic distortion. In the end, our operation and the "Tax payer" were saved thousands of dollars annually.
For example:
1. At the aviation facility, our mechanics were experiencing routine loss of power on the 400 cycle electrical system used to maintain our attack helicopters. The special filters added to this system corrected the issue allowing the staff to complete repairs and fulfill the mission.
2. At our headquarter facility the power factor of the electrical system was measuring between 72 and 78 percent routinely. Rocky Mountain Power encouraged the National Guard to get help with this issue or they would have to impose a "Fine" for the additional power required to run our operation. In addition, we had an exponential harmonic distortion problem that was interrupting our special IT operations. After adding the unique filters that Power control Company designed, all of these issues went back to a normal operation mode of function.
3. Also worth noting is, the additional TVSS surge protection that was included with the filters at Head quarters. This TVSS system protected all of our equipment from a devastating surge caused by a truck that hit a main power grid pole around 2004. Many companies throughout Salt Lake valley were not as lucky, as a result, lost lots of expensive electronic equipment etc.
Respectfully,
Master Sergeant, Layne T. Oliver (Retired)