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Optimize facility ratings management

SAFER, SMARTER, GREENER

A single source of truth for your facility ratings
The industry’s first comprehensive facility ratings management system enables electrical utilities to
implement a consistent ratings methodology enterprise wide, ensuring greater reliability, easing
compliance burdens and automating processes.
LOAD is a purpose-built solution designed to help electrical utilities
meet the challenges of facility ratings management. It is the first
fully integrated, technically accurate, and secure system for calcu-
lating, approving, and reporting facility ratings.
LOAD eliminates spreadsheets and manual ratings calculations,
integrating data across the enterprise to create a single source
of truth for facility ratings. With LOAD, Engineering, Operations,
Planning, and Compliance access the same data and are able to
stay informed and up to date - without the need to search for critical
information in unwieldy spreadsheets or filing cabinets.
Utilities benefit from LOAD’s standardized rating methodology and
streamlined ratings process. This means high value employees
spend less time on audit preparation and reporting because
everything is tracked and managed automatically in LOAD. Audit
trails are built in, and LOAD features a robust reporting system
specialized for facility ratings and NERC compliance.
Break free from spreadsheets
Calculating facility ratings requires an intense level of detail and a
consistent and accurate process to address infrastructure changes,
including:
■■ Physical and thermal characteristics of equipment and operating
thresholds
■■ Serial and parallel configuration of elements on facilities (cable
groups, banked equipment, etc.)
■■ In-service and out-of-service equipment (bypass switches)
■■ Non-load carrying devices (relays, wave traps, RTUs, etc.)
■■ Environmental conditions
The calculations and standards (your rating methodology) used to
arrive at individual apparatus ratings can be quite complex, with
many inputs. Sourcing this data from disparate locations can be
challenging, not to mention keeping it up to date based on the
latest operations and maintenance activities. Further complicating
the process is tracking equipment deterioration and prioritizing
the replacement and/or upgrade of equipment to maintain a reliable
system and to meet long-term planning needs.
Are you confident you have an accurate assessment of your facility
ratings that will remain through next week, next month, or next
time you’re audited?
Do Engineering, Planning, and Operations all have the same
‘most recently approved’ facility ratings to ensure safe and reliable
operation of your system?
LOAD helps utilities meet these challenges by integrating rating
methodologies, element ratings and facility ratings into a single,
comprehensive yet flexible solution. All the functions and work-
flows of the facility rating process are now in one place.
LOAD is the total solution for facility ratings management.
RATINGS METHODOLOGY AND DATA VISIBILITY COMPLIANCE, FULL AUDIT TRAIL, AND SECURITY

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Line hierarchy Facility Comments
■■ LOAD allows you to configure your hierarchy to show each line, ■■ Add a comment or attachment when a facility is reviewed or
facility, and element in your network. approved, and/or to the facility itself.

Facility Ratings Element-level Comments

■■ See your entire matrix of temperatures and durations and the ■■ Add a comment/attachment to individual elements in LOAD.
ratings for each cell for every asset in your system. ■■ Comments created in LOAD can be viewed in Cascade and
■■ Automatically detects and updates when equipment is changed vice versa.
- then alerts and emails appropriate users.
Element Status History
Second MLSE ■■ Shows when an element was approved/unapproved, and who
■■ LOAD calculates and then displays the primary and secondary executed that action.
MLSE (Most Limiting Series Element).
Customizable security permissions
Icon Driven ■■ LOAD has three permission levels: read-only, editor, or config
■■ See critical information easily. Icons in LOAD show you important (admin).
information about your facilities at a glance, such as uprated or ■■ These basic permissions can then be customized to suit your
downrated facilities and MLSEs. security and organizational needs.
SAFER, SMARTER, GREENER

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June 2015