Allegheny power's integrated solution
Shawn P. McDonough
Allegheny Power
800 Cabin Hill Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601
Abstract
Allegheny Power is an electric and gas utility that serves approximately 1.7 million customers in
Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia and Ohio.
Allegheny Power’s technology systems have users in approximately 60 Service Centers. These
systems include AM/FM, Work Management, Outage Management and Mobile Computing.
This presentation will focus on how AM/FM is integrated with these systems.
New electric designs are entered into AM/FM as “proposed” by a Lines Engineering Designer.
As-built facilities are updated in AM/FM and made “in-service” after construction through an
automatic interface with the Work Management System.
This process has eliminated the need for mapping clerks since the construction drawing is made
in AM/FM and completed automatically after construction.
The Outage Management System is kept up-to-date through automatic circuit extracts from the
AM/FM system.
Mobile Computing allows the linemen at the 60 Service Centers to have access to view-only
maps, which are updated regularly from AM/FM.
This presentation will also address the importance of data quality and how bad data in one
system can drastically affect the operations of another system.
The importance of coordinating system changes in an integrated environment will also be
stressed.
Introduction
Allegheny Power provides nationally recognized customer service to its 1.7 million customers, in
part, through its use of integrated technologies.
Allegheny Power is the energy delivery business of Allegheny Energy, delivering low-cost,
reliable electricity and natural gas to customers in parts of Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, and West Virginia.
