3 Pilot Service Scope¶
3.1 Recommended pilot¶
Select one wind, solar, battery or hybrid asset and review a representative operating period. The preferred period includes ordinary operation and several meaningful events, such as deratings, outages, curtailment, negative prices, binding constraints, off-target behaviour or maintenance interventions.
3.2 Included workstreams¶
| Workstream | Activities | Deliverable |
|---|---|---|
| Joint discovery and responsibility map | Confirm owner, O and M, OEM, trader and compliance responsibilities and escalation paths | Collaborative operating interface map and issue register |
| Data and measurement review | Assess SCADA, PPC or EMS, AEMO, weather, outage, bid and settlement data availability | Data inventory, lineage and quality findings |
| Availability and loss review | Reconcile O and M event records with owner, bid and commercial availability and classify material losses | Joint availability bridge and loss taxonomy |
| Dispatch and compliance review | Sample targets, actual output, rebids, off-target events, constraints and supporting evidence | Exception register and control recommendations |
| Commercial performance review | Relate controllable events to prices, contract conditions and revenue exposure at an indicative level | Opportunity assessment with assumptions |
| Joint roadmap | Agree actions with the owner and O and M team, ranked by risk, value, effort and dependency | 90 day action plan and optional next phases |
3.3 Core deliverables¶
Executive findings report suitable for asset and business leadership.
Owner, O and M, trader and compliance responsibility matrix.
Availability and loss classification framework.
Sample dispatch, bidding and compliance exception analysis.
Prioritised 90 day improvement plan.
Optional demonstration dashboard or analytical notebook using an agreed data extract.
3.4 Client inputs¶
A nominated owner sponsor, asset contact and O and M liaison.
A basic asset description and operating responsibility map.
Agreed sample period and accessible data extracts.
Relevant procedures, performance reports and event records.
Joint interviews with selected site, engineering, operations, market and compliance personnel.
3.5 Exclusions from the pilot¶
Real-time dispatch control, bid submission or instructions to plant.
Legal, financial, tax, engineering certification or formal regulatory advice.
Changes to PPC, EMS, protection, SCADA or registered settings.
Warranty determinations or conclusive attribution of contractual liability.
Full settlement audit, full GPS testing or portfolio-wide optimisation.
Production deployment of software or integration with operational technology.
Direction or supervision of O and M personnel outside the owner's existing contractual arrangements.