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. By default, the current (as of the Last Data Refresh Time) Crews column is highlighted, and its corresponding granular data appears in the Crew Shift table. Additionally, the future Crews columns display the estimated number of crews needed to restore the outage.

    • 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. Additionally, the corresponding crew shift of the future Crews columns displays the corresponding estimated restoration data. 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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