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Esri User Conference 2026-Electric Transmission SIG
Hi, For those attending the 2026 Esri Conference in person see below. Electric Transmission SIG Thursday, July 16 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM SDCC, Room 3 Detailed Electric Agenda: View the full conference detailed agenda for more sessions and activities. To register for the conference, visit the UC registration page.
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Deprecation of ArcGIS GeoEvent Server
Announcement: Deprecation of ArcGIS GeoEvent Server
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2026 Midwest ESRI Generation & Transmission Utility GIS Users Group?
Just curious if there is any talk of having the User Group conference in 2026? Thanks Will
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Esri's Electric Transmission Webinar
We recently held our webinar, 'How GIS Accelerates Transmission Connections and Compliance.' I was pleased to be joined by Chris McIntosh and Jordan Adams from Bent Ear Solutions, as well as Chase Landsdale from Electric Power Engineers. These two organizations have been doing some great work. Check out the webinar at…
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FERC Report Trans Line Stats (pg. 422-423) Calculated in UN
Hello. I was wondering if anybody uses the Utility Network to export a report which can be easily used in the Trans Line Stats pages of the annual FERC report? Our team has been working on updating an existing .magik code file but it has been slow going. I'm just curious if other utilities use this approach, or if…
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Transmission User Group and Governance Discussion
Hi all, I wanted to reach out to this community after another successful Transmission User Group Meeting last week. One of the round table discussions I noticed a lot of engagement on, and possibly lingering questions about, was Governance as it related to GIS within your organization. I wanted to offer an opportunity to…
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High resolution air photos of large geographic regions for long range transmission planning
We are looking for cost effective resources for current high resolution imagery for our service territory for long range transmission planning and routing. We have been looking into this for a couple of months new and you can find a lot of resources for large metropolitan areas for little to no cost. However rural areas…
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GIS and Transmission Insulation Coordination
I recently authored a blog on Energy Central about how GIS could play a pivotal role in transmission insulation coordination. Any comments? https://energycentral.com/o/esri/gis-and-transmission-insulation-coordination
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Portal IWA and Login
In my organization we use IWA in Portal to login and view webmaps. Is there a way to login into Portal by just using your sign in name and password once when you log into your computer. I don't want to type in my login twice (once for my computer and once for Portal). Is there a way to be logged into Portal by just using…
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Imagery, Lidar, and GIS Transform Transpower’s Vegetation Management
Check out how New Zealand's Transmission Utility manages Vegetation with GIS https://www.esri.com/en-us/lg/industry/electric-and-gas/stories/transpower-case-study
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Tri-State G&T Digitally Transforms Easement Research with GIS
Thanks to Tri-State for sharing their story about Easement Research at the latest Transmission meetup. Her is the link to the story https://www.esri.com/en-us/lg/industry/electric-and-gas/stories/tri-state-gt-case-study
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Blog Post - Leveraging Highways for Transmission Siting
Check out my most recent post, co-authored by Allie Kelly of The Ray. She is pioneering an effort to encourage utilities and DOT folks to collaborate on using the existing interstate highway right-of-ways for transmission line siting.
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Asset Management Software Integration
I have read the previous post and replies about Asset Management Software - GIS Integration Solution. They were all very good. My situation is a little different because our system of record is JD Edwards (Oracle). Does anyone have experience using JD Edwards as a system of record and syncing with ESRI? We are just…
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Creating and Automating Transmission Line Routes
We are looking for a way to create transmission line routes automatically using constraints in ESRI software or any other supporting software. Does anyone have experience doing this?
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Single Line Diagram
A long time ago I saw a demo of an ESRI extension called Network Analyst (I believe). We are not on the Utility Network and are on ArcGIS 10.6. Being forced to go to Arc GIS Pro. anyway... We have a model of our GIS system that is geographically correct. I am trying to find an easy way to make a simplified single line…
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Fault Indicators
Just had a meeting where our electrical engineer explained that he is installing a few fault indicators on our system that will send a text when a fault is triggered. I was curious if a geoEvent server or something could receive said text and automatically create a small map of the area in question. Also, send said map to…
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Fault Locations via Drive Time Model
I have seen several demo's from ESRI where they show a street network and either EMS vehicles or police. The user clicks on a vehicle and types in a time value in a dialog and it will show a polygon of how far that vehicle can cover based on the road network (factors in speed limits of road) etc. This way you can see the…
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Quick Capture
We are a state-owned public utility, and our line crews perform a ground inspection of our transmission lines/poles each year. We use Field Maps and Survey 123 to collect data with the ground inspections. However, we also perform one or two air patrols via helicopters and are looking to incorporate Quick Capture to record…
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Asset Management Software - GIS Integration Solution
Hi All, Our organization is currently exploring the possibility of moving to a more modern asset management system. What does everyone suggest for software and what does the GIS integration part look like? How does data move throughout the systems? Pros and cons of different options? Any suggestions would be greatly…
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Reminder - Esri Transmission Users - Meet Up - Coming Up Soon!
This is just a reminder that our first Transmission Virtual Meet Up is happening soon: March 27th at 1:00 PM Pacific Time. RSVP by email to bmeehan@esri.com. The meeting will be hosted on Zoom and will last an hour. This is a great opportunity to connect with others in the GIS Electric Transmission Community. Ask…
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2024 Midwest esri Generation & Transmission Utility GIS Users Group hosted by Basin Electric
Please save the date for the 2024 Midwest Generation & Transmission Utility GIS Users Group scheduled for April 25-26 at Basin Electric’s Headquarters in Bismarck, ND. This is a user led meeting with many opportunities to present and collaborate with others in the industry. For more information or to get signed up for…
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5 Ways to Dispel the Grid Panglossian Illusion
Check out my blog on ways to expand the grid's capacity without necessarily building all new lines or struggling with new right-of-ways. https://energycentral.com/o/esri/5-ways-dispel-grid-panglossian-illusion
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SAVE THE DATE - Esri Transmission Users - Meet UP
Attention all Esri Transmission GIS users - You don't have to wait until Esri's Users Conference Transmission Special Interest Group (SIG) to get together with your peers to discuss all things electric transmission-related (or even Bulk power-related) discussion. Esri is hosting its first Transmission Meet Up on Wednesday,…
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AI in Field Service Management for Utilities
Generative AI has created a different landscape and a different way to do something that investors are considering,. They need to look at it differently because what it did was democratize technology significantly. Everyone now has access to similar resources, these incredible resources. If you're using OpenAI APIs,…
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Calculating Deflection Angles for Transmission Line Routes
Hi All, I've done some work this year with transmission routing and scoring for new projects. This work was done based on a request to determine the design deflection angle for a series of proposed structure locations along a new transmission route. Based on this specific request and need, I created a python script that…