Modernizing Utility Operations Activity Sample Clauses
Modernizing Utility Operations Activity. Similar to the interventions under the corresponding ECG Activity described above in paragraph 1(a)(ii) of Part B of this ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇, the proposed interventions are as follows:
(A) Studies for the purpose of identification of strategic extensions of service and other asset improvements to (1) complement specific regional investments in agricultural development financed under the Feed the Future initiative of USAID and other Government and donor support and (2) facilitate growth in local industry, commerce and employment.
(B) Customer census integrated with GIS based distribution management system and service normalization such that, for those consumers whose meter installations are improperly installed or located, the connection will be normalized to ensure integrity of the services.
(C) Installation of a customer information system and integration with automated meter reading and prepayment metering system to integrate multiple business applications with which NEDCo will manage its core business functions.
(D) Providing technical assistance and system monitoring/control to strengthen Project implementation through the hiring of qualified advisors in the following areas:
(a) Senior Advisor with commercial experience for program direction and monitoring, having responsibility for supporting management with coordination between engineering and operations directorates; managing and controlling an integrated loss management support team; and supporting the commercial directorate on implementation of commercial loss reduction measures; and (b) Engineer and Operations Advisor to train and develop the engineering department in planning and cost effective measures to modern utility standards. These advisors will work closely with NEDCo personnel to ensure capacity building and sustainable operations.
(E) Development of a dedicated data center to store customer service, energy sales, billing, collection, and other mission-critical information and a communication network for NEDCo, compatible with current industry standards to support improvements in network operations.
(F) Loss characterization study to distinguish between technical and commercial losses in the NEDCo Target Regions.
(G) Technical assistance for development of rate case to provide NEDCo the support and training needed to develop a rate case compliant with the Tariff Plan.
(H) Institutionalizing gender responsiveness to support gender auditing, development of gender policy at NEDCo and support activitie...
Modernizing Utility Operations Activity. The Modernizing Utility Operations Activity is designed to introduce modern tools to ECG, build the capacity of ECG’s staff to use the tools, and provide a robust communication network for ECG. It also includes a number of interventions to support development of the integrated loss management approach to utility turnaround and to help ECG Target Regions within its service territory implement change as well as support ECG with program management of commercial and network improvements. Specific interventions include:
(A) Installation of a Geographic Information System (“GIS”) based distribution management system, grid digitization, and customer census to record and store basic data that includes distribution asset management, distribution system attributes and characteristics, customer locations and characteristics for planning purposes.
(B) Installation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (“ERP”) system and integration with existing enterprise applications for the purpose of facilitating the flow of information between business functions within ECG and managing connections to outside stakeholders.
(C) Provision of technical assistance to strengthen Project implementation through the hiring of qualified advisors in the following areas: (1) Senior Advisor for program direction and monitoring, with responsibility for supporting management with coordination between engineering, commercial and operations directorates; managing and controlling an integrated loss management support team; (2) Engineer Technical Advisor for planning and GIS implementation assistance for evaluation of losses, formulation of sectionalizing strategies, and performance improvement analyses; (3) Commercial Technical Advisor to support the loss control unit to become more effective in reducing commercial losses; and