Gtechnology / GElectric

Michael Seah

Senior Industry Specialist

Electric Network

Transmission

SubStation 150 / 5 MVA

Distribution Transformer

Some of our customers

– Empire Electric

– Hawaiian Electric Company

– Spectra Energy

– Bell Canada

– Kitchener Wilmot

– London Hydro Hydro

– Ottawa

– Toronto Hydro

– Brantford Power

– Enersource

– Snohomish County Public Utility District

– Sacramento Municipal Utilities District

– Central Vermont Public Service

– Progress Energy

– Detroit Edison

– Wisconsin Public Service

– Philadelphia Electric Company

– Knoxville Utilities Board

– Kansas City Power and Light

– Wisconsin Public Service

– Northern Ireland Electicity

– Yunan Power

– Oncor

– Aroura Energy

– Tenaga Nasional

– ESTA Utilities

What is Gtechnology / GElectric

Gtechnology is Commercial Off-The-Shelf Software

GElectric is the Industry Ware (Model) built on top of

Gtechnology : Metadata (Oracle) and windows DLLs

Microsoft .NET Framework

The Difference

Is a Utilities Solutions

Is not a CAD Application with a Utility Plug-In

Utilities Data Integrity is built in : Rules Based

Fast Display : Dynamic Display Cache

User Geometry and Attribute data are written and stored

together in RDBMS

Geometry Data is Open : Oracle Spatial

Strong Integration Capability with Other Systems

The Difference

Unique Identifier : G3E_FID, across ALL data layers

Real World Data, not lines and points, but Electric

Cables and Switches

Relationships, Validation and Functional Interfaces

ensure real world model

– Only connect a cable to a switch

– Only mount a Over-Head Transformer to a Pole

Benefits

Closer Collaboration between Departments, especially

Operations and Planning, e.g. via redlines

Planning data is Enterprise enabled; everyone can see

Better Integration with Other Systems

Data Integrity

Accurate Costing, e.g. cable length

Accurate Asset Management / Tagging

Increased Productivity at all levels;

– Reduce / No Double Entry

– Planners workflows can be streamlined

– Operations and Planning work on the same data

Life Cycle Management

Manage the Scheme / Job

Job State : Proposed, In-Progress,

Completed

Integrates with Inventory / Store,

Financial System (SAP)

Features can have different states,

e.g. Demolished (manhole),

Recovered (cable), In-Service

(switch)

Long-Term-Transaction

Different Versions of a Plan, “what if

scenarios”

Is not Oracle Workspace;

versioning

Schematics

Dynamic generation of schematic.

Schematic diagrams are displayed in a regular

interactive map window. This allows window operations,

such as tiling or cascading, and view operations, such as

zooming in or out. Also the user can control the display

of the schematic through the Display Control.

Duct Space Management

Comprehensive

Manhole / Pipe (Conduit) / Duct

Manhole Wall

Lay-down

Simulation and Analysis Software

Data Export to Simulation and Analysis Software

SynerGee Electric

High Quality of data helps to reduce data cleansing

needed for Simulation and Analysis.

G/Technology Supported Environments

Windows Server 2008, 32-bit and 64-bit

Windows 7 - SP1

Internet Explorer 8/9 (IE8)

Oracle 11g

Identity and Access Management Services: SSO

G/Technology Latest Features

New functionality in G/Technology is primarily focused

on improving memory management. Users who have

complex configurations and workflows have exceeded

virtual memory (user space limit) after working with the

G/Technology desktop for a few hours.

Solutions that reduce memory use are made to the

software in the following areas:

G/Technology Latest Features

Changing access to several metadata tables for both the

core software and the public API

Removing queries and traces that are no longer used

Attaching large CAD files (DGN and DWG)

Validating job edits

Selecting fenced areas

Editing features

Editing common attributes

NetViewer performance improvement

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9)

G/Technology Latest Features

Translucency of Lines/Areas

Raster Transparent Colors - SP2

Open Geospatial Consortium‘s (OGC) Web Map Service

(WMS) and Web Feature Service (WFS)

.NET API Enhancements

Schematics options:

– As temporary geometries

– Created and displayed as detail graphic components of the

features that they represent.