This group procures the spare parts, prepares operating and maintenance procedures, trains the employees, and works with the customer to establish dispatch procedures. Whether operations and maintenance is provided by TPS or by an experienced operations contractor, TPS will utilize the expertise of its personnel to ensure that the facility meets or exceeds the customer's performance and availability expectations. The operations group works with the customer to develop an annual operating plan, which provides expected dispatch requirements and schedules maintenance of the facility. Once the plant is operating, the operations group communicates daily with the customer to facilitate the dispatch of the facility and to schedule short-term maintenance. Annual tests are performed to demonstrate performance to the customer.
Availability is reported regularly to the customer.
TPS can act as fuel manager for the project with the customer's prior approval of all fuel arrangements. The customer retains the responsibility for actual payment of fuel and the cost of the maintenance of the fuel inventory at the site in the TPS storage tanks.