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PowerOn4.2 Outage Management System

Digital Energy PowerOn 4.2 Outage Management Systems


The PowerOn4.2 consolidates recent technology improvements and adds additional network management and advanced workflow outage restoration support during severe storm conditions. Technology improvements include:

New .NET User Interface Architecture and major enhancements in user interaction

Support for Smallworld Core Spatial Technology 4.2

Support for Smallworld Internet Application Server 4.2

Support for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Oracle 11g and Citrix 4.5
Additional OMS operational tools are provided such as:

Support for dynamic phasing network operations. PowerOn4.2 now provides advanced tools that support the dynamic changing of conductor phases during restoration activities.

Storm management enhancements to support the automatic routing and management of hazardous field conditions to emergency crews.

Advanced circuit finder and SCADA interface controls.

PowerOn4.2 provides new AMI and GE Asset Management interoperability tools such as:

New modules to support the integration of AMI meter events with PowerOn OMS. PowerOn now accepts meter message to initiate new outages and restore existing outages, including the ability for operators to determine meter status directly from PowerOn.

New modules that integrate PowerOn with Smallworld Electric Office and Smallworld Design Manager that provide the link between engineering and operations to manage circuit changes initiated in Smallworld Electric Office by PowerOn OMS users.

Other planned 2011 releases include PowerOn Web Products UI architecture upgrades, PowerOn4.2.1 with support for Electric Office 4.2 Global 4.2 Network Model, and OMS/DMS Interoperability tools for PowerOn OMS and GENe DMS.

Key Benefits

By leveraging the Smallworld Electric Office platform, GE Energy delivers integrated geospatial solutions that automate key business processes in the utility. Direct product integration and interfaces to other key systems give GE Energy customers the ability to support critical utility workflows such as:

Geospatial network updates for work requests that do not require graphical update.
Service connections and equipment change-outs are examples of work that can be directly optimized with field force automation tools. By interfacing with the work and asset management system, the geospatial network can be automatically updated with the new equipment when the work order is complete, insuring an accurate network build for outage management products.

Complex work orders requiring graphical design and multiple network updates.
Large projects such as sub-divisions and highway relocations require a sophisticated graphical design tool to automate the complex design layout and optimize for the least cost, best-engineered design. In these projects, the network may be energized in phases, and the design system allows each phase to be posted to the as-built network, insuring timely updates of the outage management system as customers come online.

Work initiated internally through planning and reliability studies and system analysis.
GE's interfaces to leading power flow analysis systems allow seamless transfer of network data from the geospatial repository to the analysis tool with updates and new planned facilities easily returned. This feedback loop is strengthened by the ability to initiate new work in the graphical design tools, resulting in accurate updates to the geospatial networks that are necessary for future data transfer to the analysis system.

Network updates resulting from repairs to restore outages identified by the outage management system.
During the outage restoration process, dispatchers often work with crews to repair the network quickly and efficiently, and the integration between the outage management and graphical design system is critical for capturing the changes and maintaining an accurate geospatial network.

Features

New Installations-Assets Modeling Concept – Provides the ability to support basic business functions like relocations, upgrades, and installs. Assets can be moved or manipulated without being duplicated.

Complete Data Model Documentation – Comprehensive descriptions from both a business and technical perspective that will simplify implementations and data migration tasks for creating a Smallworld Electric Office environment.

New Circuit Model – Supports the creation of Radial Networks, Ring Networks, Meshed Networks, and Circuit Segmentation.

Specification Support – Provides a simple way to record and, if necessary, extend the data model to record detailed physical and electrical information about devices.

New Composites Model – Provides a more efficient way to model and create templates for complex objects like switch cabinets, distribution panels, fuse boards, and link boxes.

Enhanced Topology Engine – Topology engine has been extended and can be configured to work with 'any' common object attributes desired (e.g., Voltage, Lifecycle Status, Phasing).

New Visualization Tools – Provides very efficient, configurable ways to support new views of the data for the user community.

User Interface Improvements – New workflow based user interface provides large productivity gains, as the user stays focused on the data and results and does not wander around inside the applications.