Follow the utility review
Keep study revisions and utility commitments with the milestones they affect.
Track how utility studies, permits and equipment changes affect your project's delivery date.
- Queue positionWhere the project sits and what it waits on
- StudiesThe cycles that decide the upgrades
- PermitsAgency conditions the build has to meet
- ProcurementLong-lead equipment against the schedule
- Commercial operationThe date financing was built around
Questions Vela can help answer.
Does commercial operation still hold?
What did the latest study change?
Which permit condition is unmet?
Answers link to the project records behind them.
Find affected work
See how a permit or delivery change affects other project tasks.
Review project progress
Read current dates and open decisions from the project records.
Example workflow
The study adds network upgrades.
Review the cost and schedule impact of the revised utility requirements.
What arrivesStudy transmittalCluster study resultsThe assigned upgrades grow and bring shared costs
What changedNetwork upgradesMinorMajor with shared costCost allocationModeledAbove the case
Affected workCommercial operation The date the financing was built aroundOfftake terms Milestones written into the contract
Who reviews itDevelopment 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
Project inboxUtility studies and agency correspondence
Project drivePermit conditions and issued drawings
Tracking sheetsProcurement and milestone registers
Project calendarStudy deadlines and site 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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