Update a Storm Model's Workplan

After a storm model has been approved, you may want to update your storm model's workplan as actual data about outages and crews becomes available. For example, you may want to increase or decrease the crews and crew efficiencies allocated to a specific zone so you can get a more up-to-date Workplan Projection Timeline of when restoration activities will be completed.

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View and Understand the Workplan Tables

  1. Sign in to Storm ERT.
  2. From the Storm ERT dashboard, search for and click the name of the storm model whose workplan you want to view.
  3. In the storm view that opens, click Workplan. The workplan view opens and includes the tables below. Any green text indicates zones that will be restored first, and any red text indicates zones that will be restored last.

    • Approved ERT: This table contains data from the approved ERT, and includes estimated customers and outages as well as estimated crews and crew efficiencies. This table is based on the details you entered when you created the ERT which was later approved. It is read only and does not change.

    • Workplan: This table contains data about actual customers, outages, crews, and crew efficiencies. Data about present and future crew shifts can be edited. Data about past shifts is read only. Some numbers in the AM or PM Crews columns may appear in parentheses. These refer to actual crews as compared to the estimates. For example, if you see the number 6 (4), it means that six crews were estimated to be dispatched, but only four crews were actually dispatched.

    • Crews Shift: This table contains more granular data about a selected morning or afternoon crew shift. No data is displayed here until a shift is selected from the Workplan table. The columns in this table include:
      • Feeder: An area within a zone where crews can be assigned.
      • Zone: The zone with which the feeder is associated. It is common for one or more feeders to be associated with the same zone.
      • Actual Weighted Customers: The actual number of weighted customers in the feeder who are without power. Weighted customers are customers who are given a higher priority due to special circumstances (such as customers in a hospital or school). This number is based on data from your connected outage management system.
      • Actual Outages: The number of actual outages in the feeder.
      • Remaining Weighted Customers: The number of weighted customers in the feeder who still need their power restored.
      • Remaining Outages: The number of outages in the feeder that still need to be fixed.
      • Crews: The number of crews assigned to repair outages in the feeder. This number can be adjusted.

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Adjust the Number of Crews in a Zone

You may want to adjust the number of crews in a zone if you learn that additional crews are available, or conversely if there are not as many crews as you had planned.

  1. Sign in to Storm ERT.
  2. From the Storm ERT dashboard, search for and click the name of the storm model whose workplan you want to update.
  3. In the storm view that opens, click Workplan.
  4. In the Workplan table, select the Crews column of the shift whose number of crews you would like to edit. The Crews Shift table populates dynamically based on your selection.

    Note: You can only select a shift in the present or the future. For example, imagine it is 1 p.m. in the afternoon and you want to adjust the crews for the shift that ends at 7 p.m. of the same day. You would select AM Crews shift for that day, since this shift runs from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

  5. In the Crews Shift table, enter text directly or use the buttons in the Crews column to change the number of crews in a specific in a zone. For example, if you have additional crews to dispatch, you may want to allocate them to the feeder with the highest number of weighted customers. The numbers you change will be reflected in the Workplan table at the zone level.
  6. Repeat these steps for each shift you would like to update.

Based on your edits, the numbers in the 90% Restoration Date column are updated in real time. The Workplan Projection Timeline curve in the storm model chart is also updated.

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Adjust the Efficiency of Crews in a zone

You may want to adjust the efficiency of crews within a zone if you learn that one or more crews are working slower or faster than expected.

  1. Sign in to Storm ERT.
  2. From the Storm ERT dashboard, search for and click the name of the storm model whose workplan you want to update.
  3. In the storm view that opens, click Workplan.
  4. In the Workplan table, select the Efficiency column of the shift whose crew efficiency you would like to edit. (In this case, the Crews Shift table does not change dynamically based on your selection.)
  5. Enter text directly or use the buttons to adjust the efficiency number of one or more crews for a zone. For example, for zones where crews are working slower than expected, you would enter a lower number or click the decrement button to decrease crew efficiency.
  6. Repeat these steps for each shift you would like to update.

Based on your edits, the numbers in the 90% Restoration Date column are updated in real time. The Workplan Projection Timeline curve in the storm model chart is also updated.

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