Companies

About Companies

A GAA Wind Company represents the reporting organization that owns one or more wind plants for which generation and loss data is recorded. Before you use the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) event data from the GE Renewables Digital Wind Farm suite, you must create a Company.

A Company is created when you import data using the GAA Wind Asset Hierarchy Data Loader.

Each Company can be associated with only one Functional Location and vice versa.

About Plants

A GAA Wind Plant represents a collection of wind turbine groups at a single location.

A Plant is created when you import data using the GAA Wind Asset Hierarchy Data Loader.

Each Plant can be associated with only one Functional Location and vice versa.

About Groups

A GAA Wind Group is a phase that is commissioned during a particular year and it represents one or more sub groups within the boundary of a common wind plant.

A Group is created when you import data using the GAA Wind Asset Hierarchy Data Loader.

Each Group can be associated with only one Functional Location and vice versa.

About Sub Groups

A GAA Wind Sub Group represents a collection of wind turbines that have the same manufacturer, model number, phase of construction, rotor diameter, and turbine system capacity. The performance data pertaining to the overall wind turbine operation is reported at the sub group level.

Each Sub Group has a unique identifier that is assigned by NERC through the GADS Wind Reporting application.

A Sub Group is created when you import data using the GAA Wind Asset Hierarchy Data Loader. GAA Wind records the revision history of the Sub Group.

Each Sub Group can be associated with only one Functional Location and vice versa.

About Sub Group Capacity Records

A GAA Wind Sub Group Capacity record represents those characteristics of a GAA Wind Sub Group that vary on a monthly basis, such as Net Actual Generation and Total Loss Estimate (%).

A Sub Group Capacity record is created when you import data using the GAA Wind Sub Group Capacity Data Loader. GAA Wind records the revision history of this record.

About Units

A GAA Wind Unit represents a wind turbine, which generates power.

A Unit is created when you import data using the GAA Wind Asset Hierarchy Data Loader.

Each Unit can be associated with only one Equipment and vice versa.

Access a Company

Procedure

  1. Access the GAA Wind Administrator page.
  2. In the pane containing the list of assets, select the Company that you want to access.

    The datasheet of the selected Company appears. A list of Plants associated with the selected Company appears in the pane.

Access a Plant

Procedure

  1. Access the Company for which you want to access a Plant.
  2. In the pane containing the list of assets, select the Plant that you want to access.

    The datasheet of the selected Plant appears. A list of Groups associated with the selected Plant appears in the pane.

Access a Group

Procedure

  1. Access the Plant for which you want to access a Group.
  2. In the pane containing the list of assets, select the Group that you want to access.

    The datasheet of the selected Group appears. A list of Sub Groups associated with the selected Group appears in the pane.

Access a Sub Group

Procedure

  1. Access the Group for which you want to access a Sub Group.
  2. In the pane containing the list of assets, select the Sub Group that you want to access.

    The Definition section appears, displaying the datasheet of the selected Sub Group. A list of Units associated with the selected Sub Group appears in the pane.

Access a Sub Group Capacity Record

Procedure

  1. Access the Sub Group for which you want to access a Sub Group Capacity record.
  2. Select the Capacity tab.

    A table of Sub Group Capacity records associated with the selected Sub Group appears.

  3. In the Entity ID column, select the link in the row that contains the Sub Group Capacity record that you want to access.

    The Edit Capacity window appears.

    Note: As needed, you can modify the values in the available fields, and then select to save your changes.

Access the Sub Group Revision History

About This Task

The revision history of a Sub Group record is recorded each time a field in the record is modified. This topic describes how to access the revision history of a Sub Group record.

Procedure

  1. Access the Sub Group whose revision history you want to access.
  2. Select .
    The Revision History page appears, displaying the Sub Group section, which contains the following columns:
    • Field: Contains the modified field.
    • Old Value: Contains the previous value in the field.
    • New Value: Contains the current value in the field.
    • Changed Date: Contains the date when the field was modified.
    • Changed By: Contains the name of the user who modified the field.

Access the Sub Group Capacity Revision History

About This Task

The revision history of a Sub Group Capacity record is recorded each time a field in the record is modified. This topic describes how to access the revision history of a Sub Group Capacity record.

Procedure

  1. Access the Sub Group of the Sub Group Capacity whose revision history you want to access.
  2. Select .

    The Revision History page appears, displaying the Sub Group section.

  3. Select the Sub Group Capacity tab.
    The Sub Group Capacity section appears, displaying the following columns:
    • Entity ID: Contains the identifier of the Sub Group Capacity record.
    • Field: Contains the modified field.
    • Old Value: Contains the previous value in the field.
    • New Value: Contains the current value in the field.
    • Changed Date: Contains the date when the field was modified.
    • Changed By: Contains the name of the user who modified the field.

Access a Unit

Procedure

  1. Access the Sub Group for which you want to access a Unit.
  2. In the pane containing the list of assets, select the Unit that you want to access.

    The datasheet of the selected Unit appears.

Create a Sub Group Capacity Record

About This Task

Note: You can create only one Sub Group Capacity record for a given month of a year.

Procedure

  1. Access the Sub Group for which you want to create a Sub Group Capacity record.
  2. Select the Capacity tab.

    A table of Sub Group Capacity records associated with the selected Sub Group appears.

  3. Select .

    The Add Capacity window appears.

  4. As needed, enter values in the available fields.
  5. Select .

    The Sub Group Capacity record is created.

Delete a Sub Group Capacity Record

Procedure

  1. Access the Sub Group for which you want to delete a Sub Group Capacity record.
  2. Select the Capacity tab.

    A table of Sub Group Capacity records associated with the selected Sub Group appears.

  3. Select the row that contains the Sub Group Capacity record that you want to delete.
  4. Select .

    The Delete Capacity window appears, asking you to confirm that you want to delete the Sub Group Capacity record.

  5. Select Yes.

    The Sub Group Capacity record is deleted.