REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Agreement with Daniel L. Sun Inc. dba Sun-Net Consulting for the Purchase and Configuration of an Electronic Generation Operation Logbook Software
Report
BACKGROUND
In April 2015, City Council approved a Performance of Services Agreement with Daniel L. Sun Inc. dba Sun-Net Consulting (Sun-Net) and a Software License Agreement to purchase and configure the Transmission Outage Application (TOA) Suite. In December 2017, the TOA software was upgraded to the latest version of the integrated Tools and Operations Application (iTOA). The Electric Utility would like to expand the use of this technology to the Generation Division in migrating from paper Log Book standards to facilitate compliance, implement new tools, and improve efficiency. The current process utilizing a paper log book makes maintaining compliance and implementing newer tools very difficult to near impossible to deploy. Vital information is difficult to retrieve/search in paper logs since there is no user interface as provided with an electronic log book.
DISCUSSION
The iTOA software is currently being used for distribution and transmission operations, for better system logging, improved workflow and documentation. It has been requested that the Generation Module of the iTOA Suite be developed to meet specific needs for the Generation Division to ensure compliance with Log Book standards and implement Best Management Practices (California Public Utilities Commission implemented the "Log Book Standards" which compliance is streamlined with an electronic log book.) Further, the electronic paper log will allow for management to readily, trend, view, search, and share data through secure remote multi-device/mobile uses. This is a vital component of properly operating and maintaining power generation assets and directly affects asset reliability and reporting metrics. Pursuant to Section 2.105.160(b)(2) of the City Code, the Purchasing Manager has designated the ex...
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