Electricity Asset Management Plan 2019-2029
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standards, resilience, quality of supply and for new connection demand associated with large connections, as well as demand for significant asset relocations.
HEAD OF NETWORKS PROGRAMME DELIVERY The Head of Networks Programme Delivery reports to the CNO and manages the day to day networks operations and the Electricity Operations Centre (EOC) as well as delivery of the approved CAPEX (including design) and OPEX works programme under Vector’s Multi Utility Service Agreement (MUSA) and other contracts with our FSPs and other service providers. This role is also accountable for reactive, scheduled and corrective maintenance including restoration times during network outage. The works programme is delivered through our Project Delivery Framework (PDF) that ensures compliance with Vector’s requirements and in accordance with the AMP. It also ensures efficient and cost effective delivery of the AMP investment programme. Details of the asset management process are provided further below. OTHER SENIOR POSITIONS THAT SUPPORT ASSET MANAGEMENT There are several other senior roles that provide critical support to the CNO role, the Head of Asset Management and the Head of Engineering. Specifically: • Head of Customer Excellence: this role is responsible for ensuring customer expectations are met through the Call Centre Management and Customer Initiated Projects processes. The Head of Customer Excellence also champions the voice of our customers within Vector’s asset management practice. • Group Manager Information & Insights: this role is responsible for Network Analytics, Business Intelligence, Information Management and Data Platforms. This function provides analytical support and information that is essential to understanding customer behaviour, asset performance, developing and evaluating asset strategy and managing asset risks. • Head of Regulatory and Pricing: this role ensures that Vector’s regulatory activities and pricing is managed appropriately. The Head of Regulatory and Pricing provides regulatory compliance oversight as well as expert regulatory advice and support to Vector’s asset management practice. • Head of Commercial and Strategic Performance: This role leads and enables the development of the strategic plan/framework for Networks, and the detailed current year operating plan. This function leads the transition from electricity distributor to customer energy enabler and provides management oversight for quality business cases and budget – matching projects, incentives and expenditure profiles over various timeframes. The governance framework overarching each of these roles is defined by the Code of Conduct and Ethics – the Vector Way, Vector’s Delegated Authorities Framework (DAF), and position descriptions for each role. Vector’s Board has delegated specific authorities to the GCE and authorised delegation of certain authorities to other levels of Vector’s management. The limits and rules applied to delegations are prescribed in the DAF documentation and govern the authority to commit to transactions or expose Vector to a risk. Vector’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System (SAP) is the primary management system used to implement the DAF. Financial delegations for approvals under the DAF for OPEX and CAPEX are set and managed within Vector’s ERP system. Periodic audit of the DAF is undertaken to ensure ongoing compliance. The ERP system also provides control of asset management workflows, as well as the management of information that enables our asset management and project management practices. Further details of Vector’s asset management practice and our project management practice are provided in Sections 6.3 and 6.4. 3.4 KEY DOCUMENTS This AMP is a cornerstone document and is the tactical plan for managing the physical assets to deliver targeted outcomes of safety, reliability, resilience, operational efficiency, data and cyber security, improve the customer experience while also achieving optimal financial impact. The outputs from the AMP are: (i) the operational programme which drives OPEX on our electricity network and informs the development of asset maintenance plans and, (ii) the capital programme which drives CAPEX on Vector’s electricity network and informs the business cases prepared for capital investments. To achieve this, Vector uses a range of documents to stipulate and control the requirements for its network and that inform our asset management practices. The pyramid below represents Vector’s document hierarchy. 2
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2 Our safety alerts are not controlled and are therefore not included in the hierarchy
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