Kelly B. Kunz, PE
Education
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Kentucky, December, 1983

​Registration
Registered Professional Engineer - North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, South Carolina, and Kentucky

Associations
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – Member 

Experience
Mr. Kunz began work at Carolina Power & Light Co. from January 1984 to December 1996.  During that time he was promoted from Associate to Project Engineer.  His work included distribution facility planning, system improvement construction projects, and engineering circuit analysis. He also provided engineering support for Industrial Substation, Telecommunications and Metering personnel and Customer Quality of Service Issues. 

The distribution facility planning involved 90 Transmission-Distribution Substations.  System improvement construction projects involved design for distribution feeders, industrial substations, underground subdivisions, and street/area lighting. Circuit analysis projects involved power quality issues, protective coordination, and economic utilization of distribution circuits. 
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Mr. Kunz joined Utility Technology as an Engineer in December 1996.  At UTEC his major responsibilities have included Transmission Substation Design and Protective Relaying, Distribution Facility Construction, and Protective Coordination Studies.   This work has included specifying equipment, evaluating bids, designing transmission substations to serve generation plants and distribution feeders, implementing and designing protective relay systems, installing distribution facilities to serve industrial customers, relocating distribution facilities for highway construction, installing and designing lighting systems for municipalities to meet current NC DOT standards, and analyzing distribution and transmission circuits for protective coordination needs.  The transmission substation generation projects that he has worked on have connected over 1,100 MW of generation onto the transmission network.

Mr. Kunz became partner on January 1st, 2018.
Recent Projects
  • Duke Energy (20+) retail substations – relay upgrade/new construction.
  • Progress Energy 230kV Marion substation add 3 transmission lines.
  • Progress Energy Laurinburg/LOF 230 kV Substations upgrade.
  • Progress Energy 230kV Lilesville switching Station with 5 trans. lines – New. 
  • Northeast Utility Service Portland 115/23/12 kV substation – Conversion.
  • Greenville Utilities Winterville 115/13 kV substation - Upgrade.
  • Georgia Power North Jefferson 115kV substation - Modification.
  • Savannah Electric and Power Co. Blandford 230 kV Substation, ring bus design with five transmission lines, including equip. specifications - New.
  • Effingham Power Co. Effingham Co. Plant 230kV Switchyard, 320 MW gen. plant - New 
  • Monroe Power Co. 320 MW gen. plant 230kV Substation and gen. interconnections-New.​
  •  Progress Energy Woodleaf 500/230 kV 1,500 MVA Substation, Duke Power Company interconnection - New
  • Progress Ventures Rowan Co. Plant 230kV Switchyard, Phase I & II, 960 MW gen. Plant - New
  • CP&L Greenville 230kV Substation, - Emg. rebuild.
  • Orangeburg DPU, 115kV Trans. Relaying System 16 terminal loop network - Upgrade   
  • Eighteen CP&L Transmission/Distribution Substations, New or Upgrades. 
  • City of High Point 100kv Transmission Relaying 14 Terminal System - Replacement.
  • City of Seneca, 9 MW Generation Plant - New.
  • PMPA Timken 100kV Substation – New.
  • Atlantic Scrap and Processing 115kV Substation – New.
  • CP&L I-540 Relocation Project R2000CB -  Relocate distribution facilities
  • Greenwood SC Water Treatment Plant -  Install dual feed system Phase 1
  • Mohawk Industries – Install breaker – relay
  • Gaffney BPW - 2004 long range planning study​
  •  Cherry Point Marine Corp Base – Electrical System Upgrade including 12kv point of delivery rebuild, installation of 80 microprocessor relays and coordination study