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Arrowhead Electric Cooperative Lutsen, MN
ESRI Mid-West Utility User Group March 30-31, 2006
Joe Buttweiler GIS & Staking Coordinator
Agenda
About History of GIS Current GIS Uses Future GIS Plans
About Arrowhead - Location
AECI Service territory includes Cook county as well as small parts of Lake county in Northeastern Minnesota
About Arrowhead A truly rural cooperative 90% of Cook county is owned by Federal,
State or Local governments Approximately 4050 consumers Of which:
• 45% Residential • 10% Commercial • 45% Seasonal
Full time residents of cook county own less than half of all privately owned land
About Arrowhead
Topography & Climate Lots of Rock Peak Demand in
Winter Air conditioners
are rare except in commercial buildings.
The newly constructed summit chalet at Lutsen Mountains is only accessible Via Gondola, Snowmobile or Snowcat During the winter months.
Before GIS
Hand drawn paper maps Benefits: Inexpensive to produce
Drawbacks: Difficult to update Only served as a paper map Considered, “fairly useless” by many
GIS was considered but never implemented
The GIS Initiation July 4, 1999 Major Straight line wind storm
100+ mph winds throughout the BWCAW & parts of the Gunflint Trail corridor.
Power poles broken throughout region.
The GIS Initiation The re-building process involved line crews from many
regional cooperatives. Paper map books could be used as a basic reference only.
Using GIS
GIS was built and underutilized Lack of basic technology training
GIS value realized Lack of dedicated resources Time Knowledge
Dependent upon vendor Vendor provided annual updates
Revising the Strategy
Allocate Resources Hire Employees
Immediate GIS needs GIS & Technology Plan Development Cooperative Goals & Objectives
Immediate Needs GIS Updates Basic Maps
Map Books ArcReader Files PDF Map Books
GIS & Technology Planning Re-Create GIS Data
Errors on Staking Sheets Old Datamodel
GPS System Inventory Identified a need to update total plant value Provide base for spatially accurate data
Using Trimble GeoXT w/ Beacon ADELINE Staking Software for Inventory Collection
What are we collecting? Entire OH Distribution System Entire URD Distribution System
• Exception: URD Cable only when known route.
GIS & Technology Planning
GPS System Inventory Creating new personal Geodatabase from field data. Asset Identification with Random Numbers
Poles URD Boxes
Project Timeline 50-100 locations per day of work 2-3 Year project time frame for initial inventory
GIS Integration
Billing System Proprietary System Difficult to work with ODBC Driver allows direct data manipulation in
MS Access, Excel etc…. • Lack of key field in billing system makes data query’s and
use extremely difficult and time consuming
GIS Integration
Outage Management Implementing an in-house system Input Outage Data Track Outage Progress Provide more timely information to members and
member service representatives Links Directly to GIS for visual representations
• ArcGIS-ArcInfo • ArcReader
GIS Integration
Outage Management-Work in Progress Call and Restoration Data – Stored in GIS SAIFI SAIDI CAIDI Consumer Outage Hours Average Outage Per Consumer
Customer Service Representative Enters Phone or Account Number. Name, Service Location etc…populated automatically Operations personnel can update records to provide more information to customer service representatives and members
Outage Management
Outage Management
Records entered in Outage Database automatically appear In GIS via linked tables and Relationship classes. Manual change in GIS required to clear outage from map
Rights of Ways
Rights of Ways 7 Year Aggressive clearing schedule Track Progress Annotate field issues to increase member
satisfaction
Staking/New Services In office: Provide member with more information
Distance Estimates More accurate cost estimates
Staking/New Services ADELINE Benefits
No need for compass, string No need to re-write/enter data Data Verification Seamless integration with GIS data
Field Device GIS
Inventory Summary Retirement Summary Eventually develop job
costs • (Labor, Material, Misc)
Automated Staking
Automated Staking
Easements Trimble GPS ArcPad v.6 V.7 in 2006
ArcMap measures distance and bearing Add text to map
Increased field efficiency 2-3x
Office efficiency increases
GIS Uses
AMR (Hunt-Turtle System) Working to display
outages in GIS automatically
Meters related to AMR history table
Will integrate into OMS eventually
Power Flow Modeling Geometric Network
Display flow direction Model device status
changes Outage counts
Other Uses
Line patrol tracking Meter testing zone creation and tracking Transmission line patrol assistance during
outage tracking Storm recovery tracking Track bear damaged poles Joint use attachment tracking Work plan drawing areas on website
Planning
Visually display growth of new services ArcReader documents: Sectionalizing Diagram Contingency Study Circuit Diagrams (Existing & Proposed)
SCADA & GIS
AECI investigating SCADA Complete, Shared, Partial, Device Integration Communication Infrastructure GRE’s 700 MHz Radio Wild Blue Satellite Internet Current VHF Radio Leased Telephone Lines (Dial-up, Frame Relay) Poor Cell Phone Coverage
SCADA & GIS SCADA ties to GIS Visualize potential power theft locations*
Needs billing integration Can be accomplished at various levels Accuracy dependent on load patterns
Receive immediate outage event information Display device status (Substation and Feeder)
Load Management/SCADA & GIS Display automatic voltage reductions Residential load management Emergency load sheds
*Source: http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/utility/power/utilityp0015pf.htm
Mobile Workforce Management
Planned Implementation in 2006 Beginning Steps ArcReader
• Geodatabase to contain Billing Data, Distribution System, Landbase
Work Order/Service Order Updates • Send/Receive work orders
GIS • Poll billing system for updates each night
Wireless communications from Headquarters only
Mobile Workforce Management
Future Additions AVL Communications Changes Dependent upon SCADA plans Coverage from anywhere is potential with a
700MHz radio (line of sight considerations) Substation or Other “Hot Spots” via Wild Blue
Summary Allocated Resources Devised Plan GPS System Inventory (Base for future)
Current/Interim Uses Even basic uses provide quantifiable time and cost
savings for other coop. employees. Future Projects SCADA Integration Mobile Workforce Management (MWM) Communications Medium Other…..?