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Produce power system dispatch implementation plan
Level
6
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: review pre-dispatch and
dispatch schedules; formulate dispatch implementation plan; review and
submit dispatch implementation plan; and report dispatch implementation
plan work.
Subfield
Electricity Supply
Domain
Electricity Supply - Power System Management
Status
Registered
Status date
11 December 2009
Date version published
11 December 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Recommended: Unit 15566, Manage implementation of
power system dispatch instructions, or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0120
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
This unit standard is intended for, but not restricted to, workplace assessment. The
range statements across the unit standard can be applied according to industry
specific equipment, procedures, and processes.
2
Safety of personnel and plant must be a priority throughout the assessment. If the
safety requirements are not met the assessment must stop.
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3
Performance and work practices in relation to the elements and performance criteria
must comply with all current legislation, especially the Electricity Act 1992, and any
regulations and codes of practice recognised under that statute; the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992; the Electricity Governance Regulations and Rules
(EGRs); and the Resource Management Act 1991. Electricity supply industry codes
of practice and documented industry procedures include the Safety Manual –
Electricity Industry (SM-EI) (2004) Wellington: Electricity Engineers’ Association. A
full list of current legislation and industry codes is available from the Electricity Supply
Industry Training Organisation, PO Box 1245, Waikato Mail Centre, Hamilton 3240.
4
The phrase in accordance with industry requirements is implicit in all elements and
performance criteria in this unit standard.
5
Industry requirements include all asset owner requirements; manufacturers’
specifications; and enterprise requirements which cover the documented workplace
policies, procedures, specifications, and business and quality management
requirements relevant to the workplace in which assessment is carried out.
6
Practical workplace exercises or simulations should be used for training and
assessment where possible.
7
Dispatch implementation plan refers to the internal plan produced by an enterprise
for the dispatch of electricity generation.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Review pre-dispatch and dispatch schedules.
Performance criteria
1.1
Pre-dispatch and dispatch schedules are reviewed against submitted offers and
re-offers to determine accuracy and validity.
Range
1.2
may include but is not limited to – active power, reactive power,
pricing, reserve, constraints.
Errors are identified from the review and corrective actions initiated.
Element 2
Formulate dispatch implementation plan.
Performance criteria
2.1
Pre-dispatch and dispatch schedule information is uplifted and processed.
Range
may include but is not limited to – optimisation tools,
communication media, analytical tools, planning tools, energy
management systems, scenario analysis.
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2.2
Dispatch implementation plan is formulated.
Range
2.3
may include but is not limited to – generator availability,
transmission constraints, resource constraints, recreation
constraints, tributary inflows, weather forecasts, plant constraints,
business plan, fuel, strategic plan, outage, pricing, Electricity
Governance Regulations and Rules (EGRs), legislative
requirements, contracts, hedge contracts, embedded generation,
active power, reactive power, spinning reserve capability data,
demand forecasting.
Dispatch plan is complete, concise, and legible.
Element 3
Review and submit dispatch implementation plan.
Performance criteria
3.1
Review of plan ensures its validity and accuracy.
Range
may include but is not limited to – energy distribution, spinning
reserve distribution, plant distribution, plant dispatch, storage
levels, consents, fuel use constraints.
3.2
Dispatch implementation plan errors are identified and corrective actions
initiated.
3.3
Review of plan is completed in a timeframe which ensures plan will be
submitted in time.
3.4
Plan is submitted in an acceptable manner and timeframe.
Element 4
Report dispatch implementation plan work.
Performance criteria
4.1
Dispatch implementation plan reports are prepared.
4.2
Reports, documentation, and data are filed.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
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Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation info@esito.org.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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