Merged information systems maximize efficiency

摘要

We Energies is integrating legacy GIS, computer-aided design (CAD) and outage management systems to more effectively manage its electric distribution assets. In recent years, these three independent systems have created nearly as many problems as they have solved. Not only have they been expensive to maintain, but also the systems usually provide three different, often contradictory, views of what is occurring in the distribution network. As a result, We Energies (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.) has had difficulty determining when equipment was operating at maximum efficiency. To gain an accurate, unified perspective of network operations, the utility is integrating the systems in phases to control expenditures and ensure continuity in electric mapping and distribution management functions.