23/06/2016
Ez GIS (Geographic Information System for Electric Company)
As an electric utility professional, you recognize the value of good data. When you link that data to a geographic location on a map, you can visualize the big picture which gives you a powerful decision – making tool. GIS provides you with an efficient platform for data management, planning and analysis of workforce automation, and situational awareness. Any distribution utility can leverage these capabilities since you can easily Intergrate GIS with your exiting information technology infrastructure. With GIS, compliance to ERC’s Asset Valuation is EASY.
BENEFITS OF USING GIS?
Cost Savings and Increased Efficiency
GIS is widely used to optimize maintenance schedules and daily fleet movements. Typical implementations can result in a savings of 10 to 30 percent in operational expenses through reduction in fuel use and staff time, improved customer service, and more efficient scheduling.
Better Decision Making
GIS is the go – to technology for making better decisions about location. Common examples include real estate site selection, route/corridor selection, evacuation planning, conservation, natural resource extraction, etc. Making correct decisions about location is critical to the success of an organization.
Improved Communication
GIS-based maps and visualizations greatly assist in understanding situations and storytelling. They are a type of language that improves communication between different teams, departments, disciplines, professional fields, organizations, and the public.
Better Recordkeeping
Many organizations have a primary responsibility of maintaining authoritative records about the status and change of geography. GIS provides a strong framework for managing these types of records with full transaction support and reporting tools.
Managing Geographically
GIS is becoming essential to understanding what is happening and what will happen in geographic space. Once we understand, we can prescribe action. This new approach to management, managing geographically, is transforming the way that organizations operate.
FEATURES
Electric Distribution
GIS ties together all the pieces of the electric distribution system for improved customer service, better management of assets and outages, and increased accuracy of data.
Asset Management
Utilities worldwide use GIS to manage and map the location of millions of miles of overhead and underground circuits. Within GIS, your utility’s assets can be linked directly to your customer information system, allowing you to proactively monitor work orders.
ERC Regulatory Compliance
Meeting ERC requirements can be less time consuming and easier to accomplish when you use GIS. Through GIS – based graphical outputs, you can quickly make reports that clearly Optimize, Define and Identify Network and System Assets based on section 4 of ERC’s Asset Valuation Policy Guidelines.
Field Maintienance and Inspection
GIS provides an effective maintenance and inspection process for long-term control of costs. Use GIS desktop and mobile technology to consolidate relevant documentation and track asset conditions. With GIS you can quickly determine access restrictions to support structures and update field conditions without repetitive data entry.
Features and Applications of Geographical Information System
Outage Management
An outage management system based on GIS integrates all essential data-from SCADA systems, customer information, work orders and the electric network. With accurate, up-to-date records stored in a GIS, you can respond more quickly to outages. Because GIS presents utility data along with geographic information, field crews can act precisely to meet customer needs.
Workforce Automation
Workforce automation systems allow you to more efficiently schedule and dispatch utility service staff. Your productivity will be even greater with a workforce automation system built with GIS technology. GIS shows you where crews are working and gives you the status of their work. In addition, street-level routing allows you to reduce fleet costs and gain additional scheduling time, giving you the ability to handle more service calls.
Electric Transmission
Transmission utilities rely on GIS for modelling, management, and communication. With GIS, you can model routes and determine rights-of-way that respect the land and landowners. You can also manage assets while ensuring regulatory compliance. Because you can easily link data within GIS to location, you can communicate accurate information across all departments in the organization and externally to generation and distribution companies.
Transmission Network Design
Integrating your transmission design business process with GIS provides a seamless method to quickly move designs into the spatial database and asset system. This integration makes it easier for you to use spatial analysis tools in GIS. You can develop transmission corridors with GIS using terrain models, demographic data, and information about land-use restrictions.
Electric Generation
Developer and operators of electric generation plants rely on GIS for everything from selection to operations management. With GIS, you can consolidate multiple data sources into one map-based platform to determine land suitability, including proximity to resources and transportation. Once the site is up and running, you can rely on GIS technology to meet licensing requirements and maintain infrastructure.
