ArcelorMittal's Burns Harbor operations routinely require up to approximately 100 megawatts of total facility power usage.Due to the cost of electrical power and the company's limited generating capabilities it is vital to have immediate and uninterrupted knowledge of the total electrical load throughout the facility at any time. ArcelorMittal needs to have the ability to transmit a signal containing information on the electrical loads at each individual plant to the Central Control Room located up to one mile away.

The teams goal is to design a new solution for transmitting an electrical load signal from the Hot Mill to the Central Control Room to run in parallel with the outdated system.