5.08 ASSET MANAGEMENT AND DECISION SUPPORT IN A COST-CUTTING REGIME

Utility IT applications – existing situation

Utility IT applications- consolidated situation.

The systems focused on in the paper are: NIS (Network Information Systems) i.e. grid management systems ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning systems) i.e. business systems

System performance point of view Focus on the assets contribution to: Investment costs Operating and maintenance costs Costs of electrical losses Customer outage costs Congestion costs

Life-cycle-cost analysis: Investment costs Replacement costs Reinforcement costs Salvage costs Remaining value Operating and maintenance costs Costs of electrical losses Utility outage costs (repair costs, damage costs) Customer outage costs

An integrated management of the life-cycle-cost elements requires close integration of: System and customer data Topology management GIS Electrical simulations Reliability analysis Investment management Maintenance management Economical optimization/analyses

One solution

Conclusion Technical-economical decision support to be managed in NIS Administrative and economical follow-up to be managed by the ERP systems. and… Reduce number of systems and integrations and…. Keep data stored in open formats