10 minper transfer question, down from 2 hours
The problem
A municipal utility in a multi-year voltage conversion asks the same question hundreds of times: if this goes out on Tuesday from 9 to 3, can the neighboring ties carry the load? Each answer takes an engineer about two hours, and the harder ones go to outside consultants. When the answer is uncertain, a capacity project gets built early.
What we ran
A year of hourly load on a municipal distribution model, with transfer questions across seasons and hour blocks. Every agent answer was graded against a full load-flow run.
What the agent did
It precomputes, for every station and feeder, how much load the ties can pick up by season and hour block under the utility's limits, refreshed from SCADA history. The operator asks the question and gets the answer, the switching path and the binding limit. Engineers keep the final call.
Results
| Measure | Today | With Evardi |
|---|---|---|
| Minutes per transfer question | 120 | 10 |
| Outside studies for routine transfers | Sent to consultants | None needed |
| Capacity projects built early for lack of an answer | Baseline | Deferred when the ties can carry the load |
What it is worth
- Utility cash: outside studies avoided × cost per study, plus capital deferred × bond rate
- Staff capacity: questions a year × minutes saved × loaded engineer hour
* Study simulated with partners on public data.
Run it on your network
The feeder model, a year of SCADA or historian load, and the utility's loading limits. We return the transfer table for one substation area.
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