INDUSTRY CASE STUDY:
POWER UTILITIES

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Industry Challenge

The power utility industry is the backbone of our economic sectors, and offers a vital service essential to modern life.  It is the lifeblood of our modern world economy, and thus is a key inter-dependency (and vulnerability) across all sectors.  Our energy sector is comprised of a complicated and interconnected network of power generation, transmission, and distribution of energy that is maintained by power utility companies and regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.  Unfortunately, the disruption of power does occur and when it does power utility companies must mobilize quickly to restore power to those affected.

Odysseus Solutions

Odysseus Offers a Programmatic Solution for the Power Utility Industry.

Odysseus™ | kms

The Odysseus™|KMS provides power utility companies with a central repository where plans, common operating procedures, and compliance reports can be accessed and shared across the utility.  The secure yet flexible virtual collaborative environment allows for the efficient development, maintenance, and update of planning doctrine.
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ODYSSEUS™ | CPM

The Odysseus™|Compliance Metric Tools are a data-driven, assessment that allows power utility companies the ability to systematically evaluate the compliance to various governmental and industry recognized programs. 

ODYSSEUS™ | AAT

The Odysseus™ | AAT offers power utility companies the ability to develop customized assessment tools that can be used to evaluate, assess, and understand the progress and trends of key programs and initiatives.

ODYSSEUS™ | cbt

​The Odysseus™|CBT allows for the delivery and tracking of learning across the Odysseus™ enterprise. Your programs, courses and exercises can be harmonized with key utility planning and program efforts while facilitating your strategy to deliver training and exercise content to your target audience.

Featured Best Practices

• Planning & Reporting
• Training
• Exercises
• Compliance Metrics
• Participation
• Committee Management

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Planning & Reporting

The Odysseus™ | KMS gives planners an online tool dedicated to the development and maintenance of various power utility plans and regulatory reporting requirements required by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).  Odysseus™|KMS offers planners and compliance officers with the unique feature of providing standardization and flexibility in a collaborative environment.  This union greatly increases a power utility's ability to manage and coordinate the design, development, and maintenance of power utility reporting and planning requirements.  

Customized Courses & Training Management

The Odysseus™|CBT plug-in provides organizations with an integrated learning management system that allows compliance offers to more effectively deliver and measure understanding of important regulatory requirements across the Odysseus™ enterprise.  Odysseus™|CBT provides a platform to deliver and manage customized computer-based training, track course assessments, award certificates upon course completion, and in-depth reporting of learner progress and understanding. 

Simulated Testing & Exercise Scenarios

Designed from the Odysseus™|CBT framework, the Odysseus™ Exercise Simulator incorporates cutting-edge media technology to  deliver an interactive, best practice solution to accurately test and validate emergency power outage response and restoration procedures, while effectively engaging participants in important tests and exercises.  Exercise designers can build an interactive environment that allows users to visualize operational scenarios and experience real-world crisis decision-making. The Odysseus™ Exercise Simulator provides an easy-to-use, turnkey solution to accurately test and validate operational and programmatic strategies, while engaging stakeholders and impressing your organization's leadership.

Utility Compliance Assessments

Designed from the Odysseus™|AAT architecture, the Odysseus platform offers a customized compliance assessments tools that is consistent with the regulatory requirements and guidelines of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and the FERC.  Regulatory compliance officers can assess their program's compliance and integrate the results into their existing reporting and planning framework. 

Community Participation and Awareness

The Odysseus™ enterprise offers a variety of tools that can be used to efficiently engage residents and community partners, and solicit their participation in the planning process. Customized Odysseus™|CBT interactive planning participation module allows committee members, stakeholders, and the public to learn about current programs and provide real-time feedback and input in important public utility matters. Customized Odysseus™|AAT survey instruments allows community partners and residents provide input in the planning process and inform the management strategies of the power utility. 

Committee Management

In today’s environment of fiscal efficiency, limited availability of resources, and the necessity to balance competing demands, it is imperative that the engagement of assigned work groups and key stakeholders is efficient and effective. The committee management tool within the Odysseus™|KMS will assist in documenting the planning process, provide a method of on-going committee collaboration, offer an archival repository of planning meeting minutes and information, and ensure the active participation of committee members and key stakeholders throughout the life-cycle of the planning process.