Multiple AM/FM integrations for a competitive edge

Conference · Thu Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:269768

Kruse, D H ^[1]

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1. Portland General Electric, Portland, OR (United States)

Portland General Electric is leveraging 20 years of experience in AM/FM and data scrubbing to integrate a new AM/FM system with multiple other applications to provide improved customer service and reduce costs. The electrical distribution plant model has progressed from a geographic representation in 1985 to physical connectivity (data scrubbing at 400,000 mounts) in 1990 to electrical connectivity (batch trace of 500 circuits) in 1995. Each integration of AM/FM to another application increased information sharing and accuracy, reduced data maintenance costs, provided enhanced data for other systems and enabled competitive business process improvement initiatives. The main topics covered are: (1) First generation project history, (2) Second generation project plans, (3) Data cleanup, (4) New applications, (5) Business process paradigm resolution and simplification, (6) Additional AM/FM interfaces. The major impact on providing a competitive advantage is in the use of the distribution electrical plant model in a FRAMME/Oracle data base to support an Outage Restoration system. A competitive advantage is demonstrated by customer satisfaction via reduced PUC complaints. Interfaces to Customer, Work Management, Outage, Engineering and Accounts Receivables applications are demanding a new approach to how interfaces are analyzed.

• OSTI ID: 269768
• Report Number(s): CONF-9603152--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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