Follow the agreed scope
Check design changes against the site's power requirements.
Track the equipment and approvals needed to deliver a microgrid at each customer site.
- Customer scopeWhat the site was promised
- DesignGeneration, storage, and controls together
- Utility approvalThe agreement that allows the connection
- InstallCrews working on somebody else's site
- CommissioningProof the system does what was sold
Questions Vela can help answer.
What is blocking this site from energizing?
Which approval is still outstanding?
Does the design still meet the customer scope?
Answers link to the project records behind them.
Track utility approvals
Keep approval correspondence beside the dates it affects.
Prepare field work
Find current drawings and open inspection items for the site.
Example workflow
Utility approval adds protection requirements.
Review the design and installation work needed to meet the approval conditions.
What arrivesUtility correspondenceInterconnection agreement markupApproval comes back conditional on added protection
What changedProtection schemeAs designedAdded relayingApprovalPendingConditional
Affected workCustomer scope The system that was promised in the proposalInstall window A crew booked on somebody else's site
Who reviews itProject engineerReviews 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
Project inboxScope changes and utility correspondence
Project driveSite drawings and interconnection agreements
Tracking sheetsEquipment and commissioning checklists
Project calendarInstallation windows and inspectionsGmail, 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.
Development lead
Reviews project milestones and open decisions.
Interconnection
Tracks utility studies and agreements.
Permitting and environmental
Checks permit conditions and agency deadlines.
Procurement and construction
Reviews equipment deliveries and site work.
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