Automatable

A task performed by Power Distributors and Dispatchers

Track conditions that could affect power needs, such as changes in the weather, and adjust equipment to meet any anticipated changes.

R&D OpportunityWorkers want it · AI can't yet

Not yet. Workers want this automated (3/5), but experts rate today's AI capability at only 3/5, the technology isn't there. It's an R&D Opportunity.

Do you want this task automated?

Worker desire to automate3.0/5

How much the people who do this task want AI to take it over (avg of 3 workers).

AI capability today3.0/5

How capable experts rate current AI at this task (avg of 1 experts).

How much human involvement should stay?

The Human Agency Scale (H1–H5) captures how much human direction workers think this task should keep.

H3Equal human–AI partnership

Why workers want this automated

  • Frees up time for higher-value work100%
  • Reduces human error100%
  • It's difficult100%
  • It's repetitive67%
  • It's stressful67%
  • Helps handle larger scale67%

How to automate this

Workers want this gone, but today's tools only get part of the way. Automate the edges.

Monitoring & tracking

Watch by exception, get pinged only when something needs you.

  1. 1Decide what counts as normal when you track conditions that could affect power needs, then set thresholds so the system flags exceptions automatically.
  2. 2Put live numbers on a dashboard instead of compiling status by hand.
  3. 3Route alerts to email or chat with a no-code flow.

Tools that can help

Looker StudioZapier or MakeApp notifications

Know a better way, or spot an error?

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