Network Control Centre
Monitors and controls the distribution network from Dandenong South using SCADA, manages pressure and odourisation alarms, receives gas escape calls from the public and retailers, and dispatches field crews and first responders to every event so that supply stays within the safe operating envelope.
What the team is accountable for
- Monitor network pressure, flow and odourisation through SCADA
- Receive and log gas escape and emergency calls
- Dispatch field crews and first responders
- Coordinate isolations and restorations with field supervisors
- Keep the operations log and shift handover records
How we know it is working
Who works here
Darren Okafor
Darren runs the 24 hour control centre and its three shift rosters, and has been with the business for eleven years since starting as an operator.
Jade Nguyen
Jade monitors SCADA alarms, takes escape calls and dispatches crews on the afternoon shift, and has been an operator for two years.
Where the work is recorded
Gas Escape and Leak Survey Log
Logs every reported gas escape and every leak survey indication with priority, response times, readings and make safe actions.
Permit to Work Register
Records every permit issued for work on live gas assets, from application through isolation and restoration to close out.
Network Asset Register
The register of regulator stations, city gates, valves, cathodic protection units and other network facilities with their condition and last inspection.