02 — Capability · BC-1540
Generation & Treatment Operations
Run utility power plants and water and wastewater treatment works so they produce the energy and treated water the network needs, safely, efficiently and within permit limits. Maintaining the plants and the organization's own resource use sit elsewhere.
- Generation Operations
- Utility Production
- Treatment Works Operations
- Utility Plant Operations
In scope
- Scheduling plants against demand and market instructions
- Conventional and renewable generation operation
- Water and wastewater treatment process control
- Drinking water quality monitoring and compliance
Out of scope
- Maintenance, reliability and replacement of plant assets (see BC-680)
- Worker health and safety programs (see BC-810)
- The organization's own water, waste and resource consumption (see BC-820.30)
- Manufacturing plant operations (see BC-1110)
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Build it · 2
- technology SCADA & Control Systems via BC-1540.40.20
- technology Process Historians via BC-1540.20.20
Decomposes into · 6
- BC-1540.10Plant Dispatch & SchedulingDecide which utility plants run, when and at what output, so generation meets demand and market commitments and treatment works meet expected flows at the lowest overall cost.
- BC-1540.20Generation Plant OperationsOperate thermal, hydroelectric and other conventional generating units to their instructions safely, reliably and efficiently, from start-up to shutdown.
- BC-1540.30Renewable Fleet OperationsGet the most energy from utility-owned wind, solar and battery storage fleets by monitoring every site remotely, responding to faults, forecasting output and curtailing when instructed.
- BC-1540.40Water Treatment OperationsTurn raw water from rivers, reservoirs and aquifers into safe drinking water in the volumes the network needs by controlling every treatment stage.
- BC-1540.50Wastewater Collection & TreatmentCarry sewage and stormwater to treatment works without spills or flooding, treat it to permit standards and return clean effluent to the environment.
- BC-1540.60Water Quality Monitoring & ComplianceProve that drinking water is safe and meets regulatory standards by sampling from source to tap, testing in accredited laboratories and acting fast when a result fails.