View the Storm ERT Dashboard

When you open the Storm ERT module, it opens to a dashboard that includes a list of Storms. The Storm ERT dashboard includes the following features:

  • Create Storm Model and Create Storm Event buttons.
  • A search field to find Storms using specific keywords.
  • Filters to specify search criteria and narrow search results.
  • A search results table.
  • A column picker to add or remove columns from the search results table. You can also use the column picker to rearrange the order of columns. Restore the default column arrangement by clicking Restore Defaults.

Storm Models and Storm Events

A Storm is categorized as either a Storm Model or a Storm Event. A Storm Model allows you to define when a storm will start and end within a zone of your service territory. A Storm Event allows you to define the actual restoration timeline of a storm. Actual restoration timelines are imported from the Oracle Utilities Network Management System (NMS) or another outage management system (OMS).

Filters

The following describes the default filters for Storm ERT:

  • State: There are five Storm states: Approved, Draft, Archived, Cancelled, and Historic. See Storm States for more information.
  • Season: The season in which the storm occurred. See Seasons for more information.
  • Start Date: The date the storm enters the service area.
  • Cut-Off Date: The date and time after which new outages will be excluded from the Storm Model. This is usually the date and time when the storm leaves your service territory. However, you may want to set the cut-off date and time to a time later than when the storm left the territory. For example, if a storm leaves the area at 2 a.m., then you may want to set the cut-off date and time to a time later in the morning, such as 11 a.m. on the same day. This way, any outages caused by the storm that customers report when they wake up in the morning will be included in the Storm Model.
  • Type: The specific type of storm. The storm types are configurable. The default types are:
    • Flood
    • Hurricane
    • Ice
    • Snow
    • Thunderstorm
    • Tornado
    • Wind
  • Level: The severity of the storm. The severity levels are configurable. The default levels are:
    • 1 - Minor
    • 2 - Major
    • 3 - Severe
    • 4 - Hazardous
  • Customers: The number of customers affected by the storm.
  • Outages: The number of outage jobs affecting one or more customers.
  • Zone: Zones within the utility's service area.

Note: Historic Storms imported from a third-party product may have Type and Level values that differ from what is configured in Storm ERT. In those cases, the Type and Level columns on the Storm ERT dashboard will contain the imported values. If an imported Storm does not have a Type or Level populated, a blank space will be shown. If you need to edit an imported Historic Storm, you must select new Type and Level values, or clear the imported values to save any edits to the Storm.

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Storm States

A Storm Model can be in an Approved, Cancelled, Archived, or Draft state. Storm Events can only be in a Historic or Cancelled state. The following describes each Storm state.

  • Draft: When you create a new Storm Model, it goes into a Draft state. In this state, you can update the Storm Model details, add and update ERTs, add and update crew allocations, or cancel the Storm Model. Storm Models are typically created before a storm enters the service territory and will remain in a Draft state until shortly after restoration activities begin.

    Note: You can only edit a Storm Model if there are no ERTs created for it.

  • Approved: A Storm Model is typically approved when an ERT needs to be published. When approving a Storm Model, you must specify the official ERT, as there may be more than one ERT created for it. In an Approved state, you can only revert the Storm to a Draft state or archive it.
  • Cancelled: You can cancel any Storm, however, Cancelled Storm Models are omitted from ERT calculations.

    Note: By default, Storms in a Cancelled state do not appear on the Storm ERT dashboard. You can select Cancelled from the States filter to display Cancelled Storms.

  • Historic: The Historic state is only applicable to Storm Events.
  • Archived: A Storm Model is typically moved to an Archived state when restoration activities are completed. In an Archived state, you can see the ERT and actual restoration timelines for the Storm and use them to help estimate and shape ERT curves in new Storm Models.

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Season

Each season represents a specific date range. When you create a new Storm, the season auto-populates based on the Start Date. The following is the default Season configuration:

Note: Seasons are configurable. You can change the default date ranges to accurately match when each season takes place in your service territories.

  • Spring: March 1 to May 31.
  • Summer: June 1 to August 31.
  • Fall: September 1 to November 30.
  • Winter: December 1 to February 28 or 29 in a leap year.

Note: If a Storm does not have a season listed, then the seasons were not configured consecutively. For example, if spring is configured to occur from March 1 to May 13 and summer starts on June 1, then Storms that start between May 14 and May 31 will not have a season.

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