Electric utilities

Using location, utilities can discover patterns and trends that simple asset reporting cannot detect. Align with industry standards using real-world modelling and analytics — and fine-tune asset management.

Learn how FirstEnergy harnesses GIS to manage its electric distribution system through a large-scale 5-year utility network project across 5 states serving over 6 million customers.

 

Learn how location intelligence helps utilities create a tougher, smarter, more secure, and healthier grid to manage rising costs and customer demands while strengthening resiliency.

Lithuania's Energy Distribution System Operator (ESO) integrates GIS data with their distribution management system – enabling an established centralized platform to align data and business processes.

Leading asset management and Esri's specialist, Michael Krome talks about the trends in vegetation management and how asset owners should optimize their maintenance programs to meet changing requirements. 

GIS brings real-time situational awareness about the weather, traffic, fire, and social disturbances. Learn how this technology plays a crucial role in setting the rules and compliance regulations — as well as safety. 

Award-winning application, "Look up and live" helped Energy Queenslands reduce accidental power line contacts by 33%. 

Hurricanes periodically threaten the city of Lakeland, Central Florida. Find out how the city's electric utility's digital transformation ensures staff are ready to respond to emergency conditions. 

Pacific Gas & Energy has transformed from operating its assets using paper maps and procedures to fully digital spatial-based workflows. Explore how GIS-based sharing tools have played a key role in it. 

Norway's electricity network company, Elvia integrates location data into Esri's ArcGIS mapping and analytics platform to monitor all power equipment across the grid regularly and comprehensively.

Discover how one utility implemented a state-of-the-art approach to detecting overhead powerlines with deep neural networks. 

Explore innovative approaches to planning, site selection, construction and operations from a range of leading renewables businesses in the UK and Europe.

A powerful way to tackle climate change, Distributed Energy Resources (DER) also create significant challenges to grid operations. Learn how Pacific Gas & Energy leverages GIS technology to manage this.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is on a mission to leverage its integrated resource management. Discover how geospatial technology has played a key role in realizing this objective. 

After severe storms caused widespread outages, Canada's New Brunswick Power decided to improve its internal and external outage communications by leveraging geographic insights.

Meeting or exceeding customer expectations is a top priority of utilities today. Learn how utilities engage, understand, and communicate with them to maintain their trust and increase satisfaction.

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) introduced a user-friendly application built on GIS to its customers — encouraging solar energy adoption by giving timely information on solar power suitability.