Transcript OMS 101 How to survive implementing a new Outage Management System Dave Blew Public Service Electric & Gas Newark, NJ.

OMS 101
How to survive implementing a new
Outage Management System
Dave Blew
Public Service Electric & Gas
Newark, NJ
PSE&G
1.9 million electric customers
 System peak 9,500 MW
 4 operating divisions along corridor from
New York to Philadelphia
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1,400 square miles
75% of population
2,317 distribution circuits (4/13kV)
 540 sub-transmission circuits (26/69kV)
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OMS Products Installed
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Major components from M3i
Call Management (Pragma Up)
Connected Circuit Model (Pragma Line)
Switching (Pragma Switch)
Dispatching (Pragma CAD)
Reporting (Pragma Proof)
Remote Use (Pragma Web)
Contractors
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M3i – OMS application (Montreal, Quebec)
ESRI – GIS vendor (Redlands, CA)
 Minor & Minor - application developer
 ASI - data conversion
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CAI – CIS interface
DAQ – SCADA interface
COE – Change management contractor
Performance Edge – training materials
Walkabout – Mobile Data Terminals (MDTs)
Verizon – CDPD RF service to MDTs
Benefits
Improved operations and dispatching
 Less paperwork - direct feed from CIS
 Better information back to customer
 More details on each outage event
 Improved storm management
 Graphical data display
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Critical Issues
Project scope
 Resource drain
 “Connected Model” completion
 Transition period
 Expectations of senior management
 Training (do not short change)
 Implementing at the same time as NJ BPU
releases formal reliability standards
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Recommendations
Get the connected model right
 Set expectations of executives early on
 Plan for transition period
 Do not under estimate stake holder
management all throughout project
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Questions