Utility Grid Control Center
Earned value and cost control for a utility program reporting every month to a state regulator.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Location
- U.S.
- Market
- Power & Utilities
- Our role
- Earned value management
- Scale
- $175M program
- Completed
- 2024
Earned value and cost control for a utility control center and substation program reporting to a state regulator.
The utility’s control center and substation program was in a rate case, and the regulator expected monthly evidence that money was being spent prudently. Outage windows on the grid could be cancelled at short notice, which pushed work around constantly. The utility needed performance data that could stand up in a regulatory filing.
The approach.
- 01
Performance baseline
We set a cost-loaded performance baseline across the control center and substation scope, with clear control accounts.
- 02
Outage windows in the schedule
Grid outage windows were modeled in the Primavera P6 schedule, so cancelled outages showed their true cost and schedule effect.
- 03
Monthly EVM reporting
CPI, SPI, variance at completion and corrective actions were reported monthly in a format built for the regulator.
- 04
Prudency file
Every change and variance was documented with its cause and decision, creating a clean record for the rate case.
The outcome.
“A regulator reads your data looking for weak spots. We made sure there were none to find.”
EVM lead, KonradBeck
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