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Smart Grid Solves Many Problems, Introduces Others

How ready are utilities to deal with the opportunities and challenges of smart grid?

Moving Toward a Smart Grid

GIS is an important tool that can help utilities in their shift toward Smart Grid initiatives and technologies. Determine your utility's Smart Grid readiness by participating in a benchmark study.

ESRI Part of New IBM Utility Solutions

Inside IBM’s Solution Architecture for Energy (SAFE), ArcGIS software drives core applications. Utilities can combine data from GIS, SCADA, and customer systems with traffic, weather, satellite imagery, and more. [PDF]

Rapid Deployment, Within Budget

New Mexico Gas Company quickly built a GIS platform for operations and engineering. At the same time, the utility trained its staff and stayed within budget. [PDF]

Satisfying DIMP Requirements

Gas distribution utilities already rely on GIS for integrity management and regulatory compliance. Learn how you can use GIS to satisfy new distribution integrity management program (DIMP) requirements.

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Book for Utilities Empowering Electric and Gas Utilities with GIS details how electric and gas utilities can implement an enterprise GIS.

As an electric and gas professional, you recognize the value of good data. When you link that data to geographic location, you get the big picture and a powerful decision-making tool. GIS provides an efficient platform for mapping, analyzing, and managing assets, outages, work orders, and customer information.

GIS allows you to enhance your utility's network maps and business information with weather intelligence, topography, rights-of-way, satellite imagery, line-clearing cycles, and field data. Any small municipality; cooperative; or large generation, transmission, and distribution company can leverage these capabilities since you can easily integrate GIS with your existing information technology infrastructure.

Success Stories

Learn how electric and gas utilities benefit from GIS.

• Rio Grande Electric Moves Mapping and Fieldwork into Digital Realm
• Fast-Growing Cooperative Improves Outage Response with Enterprise GIS [PDF]
• In-the-Field GIS Innovations Prove Golden Apple for Gas Utility [PDF]

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