Network Load Capacity Map User Guide

Search for a known location

You can use the Search facility provided in the top left corner of the map to enter and search for a town or an address, or a feeder or substation. The arrow to the left of the entry field is a drop down that allows you to search for a specific object type (Address, Feeder, Substation or All).

Layers

Once your area of interest is found, you can select the features you wish to have represented on the map using the Layers tool on the toolbar.

Legends

The legend for the symbols used in each active layer can be viewed from the toolbar.

MV Feeders Load Capacity Layer

The ‘Colour by Estimated Feeder Load Capacity’ layer provides a colour coded representation of the network based on the capacity ranges below:

MV Feeders Voltages Layer

The ‘Coloured by Voltage’ layer uses different colours to distinguish feeders with different voltages:

Zoom

Different layers will be visible at different levels of zoom. Zoom in to identify the lines, distribution transformers and other assets.

Popups

Clicking on a line will provide a popup with information about the feeder the selected line segment belongs to, including the Feeder Capacity and Load Capacity Available for the feeder:

Clicking on a symbol will provide basic information about that asset.

For example, clicking on a 'Distribution Transformer symbol' (red triangle) will provide a popup with further information:

Note: There may be multiple pages of information that can be displayed for the site selected, as indicated in the bottom right-hand corner of the screenshot above. The navigation buttons on the left side of the popup will allow you to scroll through the pages of information.