Case Study: AnMed Health Medical Center achieves safer, more reliable emergency power with Cummins standby generator system

Cummins Standby Power Upgrade at Medical Center Wins Award

AnMed Health Medical Center in Anderson, South Carolina needed to upgrade its century-old electrical infrastructure to handle growing power demands, improve reliability, and meet current NEC and healthcare code requirements. The hospital turned to Cummins for a new emergency standby power solution, including three 2000 kW diesel generator sets and a PowerCommand® paralleling system with remote monitoring.

Cummins provided start-to-finish technical support from preliminary design through installation, testing, and coordination with multiple vendors. The new system replaced a single-branch setup with a code-compliant three-branch emergency power architecture, passed a four-hour blackout test with the entire facility load supported without interruption, and later performed flawlessly during a real utility outage caused by a black snake. The upgrade gave AnMed N+1 expansion capability and earned a 2011 ASHE VISTA Infrastructure Award.

AnMed Health Medical Center

Chuck Parker

Director of Engineering Services