GDS Services:

   

Power Supply Planning

   

Financial & Rate Analysis

   

Generation Services

   

Regulatory & Restructuring

   

Transmission Services

   

Renewable Energy
Resources, Distributed
Generation, & CHP

   

Energy Efficiency & DSM

   

Electric Planning & Design

   

Environmental Management

   

Deregulation & Retail
Energy Procurement

   

Utility Privatization

   

Water & Wastewater
Consulting

   

Natural Gas Consulting

   

Statistics & Market Research

   

Information Technology

   

NERC/ERO Compliance Services

   

Environmental Services

   

Carbon Compliance Services


Environmental Services

GDS provides comprehensive environmental engineering, regulatory affairs, and energy systems services to new and existing clients. We offer full-service environmental services by a seasoned professional staff with over 30 years of experience in engineering, power production, renewable energy, and federal and state environmental regulations and policy. GDS has the ability to work with clients from project conception to completion for implementing project management in environmental services and to provide guidance to avoid costly mistakes.

Environmental Engineering

Design
  • Water pollution abatement plan and pollution controls
  • Spill prevention, controls, and countermeasures plans
  • Air pollution control strategies and testing equipment
  • Materials handling systems
Permits
  • Air, wastewater, water rights, and waste
  • Stormwater permits and solid waste registrations audits
  • Environmental impacts of facility operations
  • Total plant processes in context of external influences and permit or regulatory requirements
  • Needs assessment and implementation strategies
  • Environmental risks and physical security of energy and manufacturing processes and facilities
Outreach
  • Employee and neighbor mediation
  • Permit application and facility operation issues identification
  • Cost-effective solutions for contested permits
Regulatory Affairs

Permits
  • Prepare permit applications
  • Coordination with regulatory staff in writing applications
  • Cost-effective solutions to address regulatory interpretations
  • Expert witness testimony
Compliance
  • Operational and environmental record review to ensure regulatory compliance
  • Shortfall identification
  • Corrective action recommendations
  • Agency coordination to resolve compliance issues
Enforcement
  • Notices of violation, corrective action directives, agreed orders, or findings orders
  • Responses to enforcement actions that address concerns and prevent recurrence
  • Supplemental environmental projects
Rules Development
  • Participation in rule making process on client's behalf
  • Oversight to ensure appropriate balance in proposed rules
Energy Systems

Design
  • Power production systems including ancillary and auxiliary equipment
  • Equipment specifications per client's needs
  • Develop appropriate upgrades and retrofits to existing equipment
Operations
  • Operating procedures and experience evaluations
  • Recommendations to enhance reliability, maintenance costs, or system efficiency
Performance
  • Test protocols and equipment to track performance and verify contract compliance
  • Training client's staff to conduct code-compliant tests
  • Results evaluation and action recommendations
Carbon Compliance and Renewable Energy
  • Evaluate potential projects for economic worthiness and reliability
  • Manage projects for landfill gas, hydroelectric, bio-mass, solar, and wind energy
  • Provide utility and end users carbon compliance and offset consulting
  • Conduct research on innovative technologies


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Contacts
Bruce Walter