Track the utility process
Keep applications, studies and agreements with their target dates.
Industrial and advanced manufacturing
Follow utility studies and equipment requirements into the work needed to bring your facility online.
- Load requestThe ask that starts the utility process
- StudiesWhat the system needs to serve it
- UpgradesNetwork work the site now depends on
- AgreementTerms, cost, and the date attached
- EnergizationThe facility finally drawing power
Questions Vela can help answer.
What is the real path to energization?
Which upgrade are we waiting on?
Does the commitment we made still hold?
Answers link to the project records behind them.
Check committed dates
See which tasks could delay the facility's power-on date.
Share current requirements
Give engineering and construction the same source documents to review.
Example workflow
The utility requires a station rebuild.
Check the added scope and cost against the facility's power-on plan.
What arrivesStudy transmittalFacilities study resultsThe required work grows from feeder work to a rebuild
What changedRequired upgradesFeeder workStation rebuildCost shareAs estimatedAbove the estimate
Affected workEnergization The date the facility plans aroundBusiness commitment Volumes promised on power that moved
Who reviews itFacilities leadReviews the proposed response and its sources before any update goes ahead.Waiting on sign-off
How Vela works
From the source document to a change your team can review.
Choose your sources
Give Vela access to the project files and conversations it needs.
Link the records
Vela connects requirements to equipment and milestones, with a source for each finding.
Check what changed
See which orders and tasks a revised document affects.
Review the next step
Vela drafts the update or reply. Your team approves it before anything is sent or changed.
The records behind the work.
Choose the project records Vela can read. Each finding links back to its source.
Your team approves changes before Vela writes them back.
Sources
Read-only
Program inboxUtility study and agency letters
Program driveFacilities studies and service drawings
Tracking sheetsMilestone and commitment registers
Program calendarUtility meetings and energization windowsGmail, Drive, Sheets and Calendar read today. Other tools shown here are planned. Check connector availability.
A view for each role.
Each team sees the records and decisions it needs.
Program lead
Reviews the work needed for production startup.
Facilities and utilities
Tracks power, water and site infrastructure.
Equipment and supply chain
Checks vendor commitments and installation dates.
Commissioning
Reviews test results and open inspection items.
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