CUC opens new control centre
(CNS): CUC has opened a new control centre to supervise the generation, transmission and distribution systems, which will improve customer service and reliability, officials said. The centre opened this month and includes an improved working environment for operators, better situational awareness of the power system, communication with field crews, storm and outage management facilities, efficiency and renewable energy integration and management capabilities.
While the centre has benefits for the company’s overall operations, the state-of-the-art technology will benefit customers directly with enhanced communication and details of outage durations, according to a press release from CUC.
“I am pleased with the work which was carried out on this project, from the design to the build-out of the new Control Centre,” said Ray Brown, the manager of engineering and business development, whose department managed the project. “The transition was seamless and at no time did this project negatively impact the Company’s reliability.”
The project was underway while Cayman was under lockdown, Brown said, but despite of the challenging times, the project team worked very hard to ensure it was finished as close to the timeline as possible.
CUC provides an excellent service. But like any good service in Cayman it comes with a very high price. That is hard to avoid in a tiny place where everything has to be shipped in. And if you think you have it bad in Grand Cayman, you should try living in the Sister Islands.
All those calling for competition need to step back and look at the local telecom sector. What a mess. Phone lines falling down on the roadsides. Failure to provide decent broadband and fibre optic lines. Call centres in other countries with no knowledge of local conditions. Service calls that go unanswered. Third world service all around. And prices did not go down. They are just shared by more companies.
So be careful what you wish for.
What are you even talking about? Let’s start with CUC is a non-governmental for-profit exchange-traded company. This monopoly has been guaranteed a rate of return by this, and previous governments, AND occupy the corruption-primed drivers position of collecting a murky government fuel duty that isn’t declared/accounted in any of their public financials, not even as a pass-through. It’s highly irregular from an accounting standpoint. If you don’t think there’s something fishy going on, show your work.
Let’s hope there’s nothing mission-critical being monitored by that guy. Humans are not owls. A single employee can’t simultaneously observe 6 widescreen monitors bleeding horizonally over a 10′ desk (taking up 3 possible workstations) and with a 120 degree head rotation. Certainly not for more than a few minutes at a time or with any proficiency. Why not order a $300 2×3 monitor stand to stack into a manageable visible grid like every trade desk and logistical center on the planet? Good grief.
Here you go:
https://www.multi-monitors.com/SUPERPC_6_Monitor_Desk_Stand_3x2_Single_Base_p/spc6ms3x2a.htm
It’s there for him to look at if something starts flashing.
Why the negative comments. Maybe some of you need to live in other places where your current goes off for days.
What, where like East End?
Why do people have to be so negative? CUC is one of the best employers of Caymanians. They really invest in their employees.
Dac you did an awesome job
Pulling through all the challenges you have during 2020 but still accomplishing the project on time.
Excellent.
I agree fully, he is by far CUC’s best Project Manager hand. All of his projects he spearheaded speaks volume!!
Well done Dac! Such a brillaint minded person.
CUC needs competition
Congrats to CUC and Mr. Dac the Project Manager. Was a pleasure working with him and his team on this project.
Looks like Homer Simpson’s workstation in sector 7G.
Excellent.
We paid for it! They can monitor their price hikes from it easier.
For sure this will improve their profits.
How many of those screens are playing Fortnite on any given night shift?
What you dont know is that without those screens then you would have some sleepless days and nights.
What you don’t know is that it’s happened before with the old screens
Well done to all involved.