Utilities - including power plants, water treatment facilities, and wastewater treatment plants - provide critical public services where operational changes directly affect public health, environmental quality, and system reliability. Management of Change (MOC) software ensures that modifications to treatment processes, equipment, and infrastructure are properly evaluated before implementation.
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Treatment Process Changes
Water and wastewater treatment facilities operate under strict EPA and state discharge permits. MOC software ensures that changes to treatment processes, chemical dosing, filtration systems, disinfection methods, and solids handling are evaluated against NPDES permit conditions and Safe Drinking Water Act requirements before implementation.
Chemical Management
Changes to treatment chemicals - including new chemical introductions, dosing rate changes, supplier substitutions, and storage modifications - require careful evaluation for both treatment effectiveness and worker safety. MOC software tracks these changes and links them to safety data sheets, training requirements, and emergency response procedures.
Discharge Compliance
MOC software flags changes that may affect discharge water quality parameters, ensuring that modifications are reviewed against permit limits before implementation. This prevents permit exceedances caused by poorly evaluated process changes.
Power Generation
Generation Equipment and Controls
Power plants involve complex equipment including turbines, boilers, generators, heat recovery systems, and distributed control systems. MOC software tracks modifications to generation equipment and ensures changes are evaluated for safety, reliability, and emissions compliance.
NERC Reliability Standards
Electric utilities must comply with NERC (North American Electric Reliability Corporation) reliability standards. MOC software ensures that changes to protection systems, control systems, and operating procedures are evaluated against NERC requirements and documented for compliance audits.
Environmental and Safety Compliance
EPA and State Regulations
Utilities are subject to EPA regulations including Clean Air Act standards, Clean Water Act requirements, RCRA waste management rules, and state environmental agency permits. MOC software provides a centralized system for tracking compliance across all applicable frameworks.
OSHA and PSM
Utility facilities that handle highly hazardous chemicals - such as chlorine at water treatment plants or ammonia in refrigeration systems - must comply with OSHA PSM requirements. MOC software tracks all PSM elements and ensures changes are evaluated for process safety implications.
Infrastructure and Personnel
System Upgrades and Maintenance
Utilities continuously upgrade aging infrastructure while maintaining service. MOC software manages changes to maintenance schedules, equipment replacements, piping modifications, electrical system upgrades, and SCADA/control system updates, ensuring that each change is evaluated for its impact on service reliability and emergency preparedness.
Staffing and Operations
Track changes to staffing levels, operator certifications, shift structures, and operational procedures. Ensure that personnel changes are evaluated for their impact on system operations, particularly for facilities requiring licensed operators.
Ecesis EHS Software Solutions
MOC Software
Streamline change reviews and approvals
Compliance Obligations
Track regulatory requirements and deadlines
Audits & Inspections
Schedule and conduct compliance audits
Incident Management
Report, investigate, and track incidents
Training Management
Track employee training and competency
Document Management
Centralized document storage and control
