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1. Arm Chair Dispatching
24 Hour DisSPatch Without a Dispatch Center
Jason Settle

2. Is this your dispatch chair?

3. Objective
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What?
Why?
When & Who?
How?

4. Pioneer Electric Cooperative, Inc.
• System
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13,000 meters
2,700 miles of line
4,900 sq miles of territory
2 Offices / Districts
Porche / Calls Manager / DisSPatch
• Communication
– Two-way radio
– SouthernLinc

5. Arm Chair Dispatching
• What?
– Using DisSPatch 24 hours a day without a
Dispatch Center.

6. Arm Chair Dispatching
• Why?
– History behind choice

7. Arm Chair Dispatching
• When & Who Dispatches
– Work Hours
• Engineering Coordinators
– After Hours
• E&O Staff
– V.P. of E&O, Operation Supervisors, System Engineer,
and Engineering Techs

8. Arm Chair Dispatching
• How?
– Laptop
– Connection to Office
– Communication to Crew
– Standby Supervisors

9. Connection to Office
• Preferred
– DSL Service
• VPN Client
– Will allow you to work as in office
• Will Work
– Wild Blue
• Remote Desktop to Server or PC
– Server allows for Multiple Clients

10. Communication to Crew
• Two-way Radio
– 35 watt Base Station
– Handheld
• SouthernLinc
– Radio / Cell Phone

11. Standby Supervisors
• One Supervisor for System
• Daily Rotation
– Mon. – Thur.
– Fri. – Sun. Weekend days taken together
• Reimbursement
– Daily Pay
– Phone / Internet Bill

12. Arm Chair Dispatching
• Demo
• Discussion
– Why and Why not

13. Arm Chair Dispatching
• Questions?

14. Jason Settle
jsettle@pioneerelectric.com