Choosing a Policy of Power Equipment Repairs Management. Methodology of Assessment and Decision-Making

The choice and implementation of the appropriate policy are largely determines the efficiency of business processes in the management of production assets of an energy service company. The actualization of the company's choice of the right policy occurred with the approval of new rules for the organization of electric power facilities operation. The problem of choice is aggravated by an approach based on a combination of production experience and expert opinions, which in some cases are poorly coordinated. The authors have developed a methodological basis for choosing one of the alternative maintenance and repair policies of power equipment "by periodicity, operating time" or "by technical condition", taking into accounts the strategic priorities of the owner company. The presented methodology serves as a universal tool for comparing alternatives according to a single set of criteria using the principles of a risk-based approach. The paper considers a generalized algorithm for solving the complex problem of ensuring a reliable power supply to industrial consumers for each of the alternative policies. The main theoretical positions are illustrated by the example of a typical oil production power supply system using real data and operational constraints. The obtained results confirm the possibilities of the methodology for the reasonable choice of the most effective maintenance and repair policy of equipment and its readiness for practical application in the conditions of power facilities real operation.