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Utilities already automate many operational processes such as control, monitoring, and safety.
However, many utilities still conduct operations support functions — such as work
order management, engineering analysis, field design, and asset optimization — using a
combination of legacy systems, individual point solutions, and traditional paper-based processes. While these information systems may be able to share data at a basic level, there is still a significant "integration gap."
Improve service and reduce cost.
Powel helps utilities improve service, make better investment decisions, and
reduce the cost of operations and maintenance by offering a complete, integrated platform
for utility decision support. Our Utility Decision Support Platform (UDSP) allows you to
access, analyze, and act upon information — faster than ever.
You can start by building an asset database and implementing front-end applications
where you have a business need today. Then, over time, integrate additional modules,
allowing you to automate more operations support processes and streamline the exchange
of information between your operational and transactional business systems.
Scroll down for more information about specific solutions for selected business outcomes.
Improve productivity in the field and the office.
Make sound field design decisions on the spot by giving field designers the
information they need. They spend less time on each job, perform it more accurately,
handle any exceptions, and get to the next site on schedule.
Optimize maintenance crew schedules, from inspection to execution and
reporting, reducing unplanned downtime, labor, and materials costs. The right people
are doing the right jobs at the right time with the right resources.
Spend more engineering time on analysis, and less on reworking drawings, checking
work done in the field, or re-entering data.
Streamline business processes.
Complete work orders on schedule and on budget. Manage the work order process
from initiation to close out, sharing documentation with customers, suppliers, and
contractors as well as internal groups.
Automate project planning and administration. Simulate design options and see
their potential impact. Generate complete cost estimates and work orders based on the
project plan.
Make informed decisions quickly on life cycle costs, construction time, and
power grid performance. See the big picture, from the station level to component level,
including information gathered from road construction crews, builders, and
telecommunications companies.
Assure service continuity.
Reduce service interruptions due to component failure or preventable events.
Accurately forecast peak loads and other factors that affect performance of the grid.
Respond quickly to restore service when faults occur. Plan network operations
to supply the greatest number of customers and efficiently dispatch crews to affected
areas.
Optimize investment in assets, inventory, and IT.
Increase asset lifecycles by accurately tracking assets by location, age and type.
Identify aging components and overloaded or underused equipment for cost-effect
replacement. Automatically account for depreciation and replacement value.
Reduce inventory while assuring customer service, with a streamlined work
order and supply chain management.
Leverage IT assets and staff by eliminating redundant databases, managing
fewer licenses, and reducing support requirements for system integration.
Visit our collection of case studies to learn how utilities are achieving more with Powel solutions. | 
