Case Study: Oregon State Hospital achieves reliable 24/7 campus power with Cummins

Oregon State Hospital - Customer Case Study

Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, faced a major challenge during its $458.1 million expansion: replacing a fragmented power setup with a dependable emergency standby system that could keep the campus powered 24/7 while also meeting Portland General Electric’s Dispatchable Standby Generation program requirements. Cummins worked with the hospital, PGE, AEI, and others to design a system that fit strict space, noise, budget, and utility specifications.

Cummins provided a 4 MW power generation solution featuring a DMC 300 Digital Master Control, paralleling switchgear, nine BTPC bypass switches, two 2 MW DQKAB generator sets, and Pulse monitoring with JCAHO reporting. The project benefited from factory witness testing, final programming before shipping, and fast turnaround on switchgear drawings, cutting at least two months from the process. The result was a successful, fully integrated standby power system that met hospital and utility needs, and Oregon State Hospital said it would use Cummins again.

Oregon State Hospital