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Engineered switchgear panels in a power systems facility
Carter Power Systems

When Power Can't Fail

Carter engineers work across the full power spectrum—from emergency and standby to prime power and microgrids—serving the industries where an outage isn't an option.

Engineering Support
Equipment & Integration
Lifecycle Service
Emergency Power

Power Systems in the Real World

Explore how Carter engineers support power systems across the industries where power can't fail.

Temporary & Emergency Power

Carter Rents Power.
Around the Clock.

Rental generators, temporary power systems, and full deployment support — for emergencies, planned outages, and everything in between.

24/7
Emergency deployment, day or night
Fast
Local inventory, rapid site delivery
Turnkey
Delivery, cabling, and startup support

Engineered for Every Operating Mode

Explore how Carter engineers power solutions for every operating mode and deployment.

Engineering Resources for Power System Design

Carter supports engineers during the early stages of power system design. Access technical resources or work directly with our engineering team.

Carter technician servicing power system
After the Installation

Your power system has one job.
Carter's job is making sure it can do it.

The generator that gets installed this year needs to perform in year three, year nine, and year seventeen — often in the middle of the night, often without warning.
That's not a product problem. It's a service problem.

Service & Support

See It in Practice

Regional medical center emergency power system upgrade
Healthcare 2,000 kW

Regional Medical Center — Emergency Power Upgrade

Replaced aging standby generators with dual 2,000 kW CAT diesel gensets and paralleling switchgear. Full NFPA 110 Level 1 compliance achieved.

4,000 kW Total Capacity
N+1 Redundancy
< 10 sec Transfer Time
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Data center electrical room with paralleling switchgear infrastructure
Data Center 8,000 kW

Tier III Data Center — Multi-Generator Paralleling System

Designed and installed 8 MW paralleling switchgear system with 4 x 2,000 kW diesel generators for a regional colocation data center.

8 MW Total Capacity
2N Redundancy
99.999% Uptime Target
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Experience That Shows Up When It Matters

Power systems are judged in the moments they're needed most. Carter's engineering teams, technicians, and service network have been supporting critical facilities for over 50 years — with the certifications, depth, and local presence to back it up.

50+
Years supporting power systems
500+
Certified Technicians
24/7
Emergency Response
8
Service locations
Talk to an Engineer

Most dealers have technicians. Carter has a dedicated engineering team — electrical and application engineers who handle complex controls, system integration, and custom projects that other CAT dealers bring to Carter to solve.

Carter's depth in CAT power systems spans initial design through decades of operational support, backed by direct access to factory resources and product engineering that most dealers can't offer.

Eight service locations across the region put technicians, parts inventory, and dispatch capability close to where most customers operate—with the willingness to go wherever the work requires, around the clock.

Healthcare systems, data centers, municipalities, and industrial facilities choose Carter because the alternative — an untested service partner — isn't a risk they can take.

The cybersecurity standard required for Department of Defense contracts. Carter Machinery is among the few CAT dealers nationwide to hold this certification. For government and defense customers, it's a prerequisite — not a checkbox.