PJM Snaps the 'Big Picture': Geographic information system is integrated with mapping data to optimize visualization, analysis and planning

摘要

The first two elements of PJM Interconnection's mission statement are to maintain the safety, adequacy, reliability and security of the power system, and to create and operate a robust, competitive and non-discriminatory electric power market. As PJM (Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.) implements its mission statement through the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP), it becomes critical to take advantage of beneficial decision support tools, such as a geographic information system (GIS), to optimize and streamline current and planned business enterprise practices. By integrating business enterprise information with system mapping data, PJM's Transmission and Interconnection Planning Department leverages existing mission critical information while simultaneously creating a new, spatially dynamic visualization and decision support tool. A GIS will enable Transmission and Interconnection Planning to evaluate the RTEP and related information more efficiently.