Battery energy storage
Power plant controller, site controller and EMS: hardware architecture, code, testing and commissioning. PCS and BMS integration; functional, performance and capacity testing through commercial operation.
Controls & commissioning · Houston, Texas
Commissioning that makes the handoff a non‑event.
Bumpless LLC architects, builds, tests and commissions the control systems behind utility-scale battery storage, substations and critical power. One firm from hardware architecture to final turnover, so nothing gets lost between phases.
Full lifecycle
From architecture to final turnover
Most projects split controls across several hands: one firm lays out the hardware, another writes the logic, a third tests it, a fourth commissions it. Each handoff is where details get lost. Bumpless covers the whole path.
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Architect
Control system hardware architecture: controllers, I/O, networks and communications.
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Develop
Power plant controller code built from the ground up, plus points lists, SCADA and HMI setup.
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Deploy & validate
Simulation, factory and site acceptance testing, point-to-point checkout, validation against requirements.
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Commission
Field commissioning and substation support, energization, functional and performance testing.
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Turn over & support
As-left documentation, operator walkthroughs, then troubleshooting and upgrades once it's running.
Track record
Built a power plant controller from the ground up, covering hardware architecture, code, deployment, testing and validation, while supporting field commissioning and the substation side of the project.
Need just one phase? That works too. Each step is available on its own, and comes with the context of having done all of them.
Services
What I do
Hands-on controls work across the systems that keep the grid and critical facilities running.
Substations & interconnection
SCADA and RTU configuration and integration, point-to-point checkout, communications testing and energization support alongside the utility.
Data centers & critical power
Controls checkout and integrated systems testing for switchgear, UPS and generator sequences, proven before the load depends on them.
Test procedures & turnover
Written test plans, punch-list closure and as-left documentation that an operations team can actually use.
Approach
How I work
A small firm on purpose. You deal directly with the person doing the work.
The person who wrote it commissions it
The logic on the controller and the person on site with the test plan are the same. No hand-offs to someone you've never met, and no re-learning the system at energization.
Procedures before power
Every test is written, reviewed and agreed before anything is energized, so there are no surprises on test day.
On site wherever the project is
Based in the Houston area and used to living on the road, across the U.S. and abroad.
Simple to onboard
W-9 and vendor paperwork turned around quickly, with clear scopes and plain invoices.
The name
Why “Bumpless”
In control systems, a bumpless transfer switches a process from manual to automatic, or from one controller to another, without a disturbance in the output.
It's the standard for every handover on a project: construction to commissioning, and commissioning to operations.
When the switch happens and nobody notices, that's the job done right.
Contact
Have a project coming up?
Tell me about the site, the schedule and where you need help.
dylan.davey@bumplesscontrols.comDylan Davey, Principal · Houston, Texas area · Available nationwide