Latest Contributions by BillMeehan

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 ... View more

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 ... View more

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 ... View more

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.  ... View more

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 questions, make comments, or just listen in. We look forward to connecting. ... View more

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 ... View more

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, March 27th, at 1:00 PM PDT. The meet-up will last an hour on a Zoom call. We are building the agenda now. Don't hesitate to post questions or subjects to be addressed. More information will be forthcoming.  ... View more

Check out the newly released Transmission Needs Study https://www.energy.gov/gdo/national-transmission-needs-study ... View more