Overview of the Generation Availability Analysis (GAA) Module

In North America, many utility companies report generation and loss event data to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) or Canadian Electricity Association (CEA) using the Generating Availability Data System (GADS) application. The Generation Availability Analysis (GAA) module uses the core functionality of GE Digital APM to help you record generation and loss data for each unit in your company.

Using GAA, you can view and modify event and fuel consumption data to create performance records pertaining to the overall power generation for a given period. You can then generate reports that follow the GADS mandatory reporting requirements and submit those reports to NERC or CEA.

In addition to simple data collection and reporting, you can use GAA to analyze your power generation data further using other GE Digital APM modules. Examples:

You can use Root Cause Analysis to conduct a root cause analysis on the failure of a unit to produce the required output.
You can use eLog to create a log entry for a generation event.
You can use Asset Health Manager to access the health indicators for an asset.