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 reporting for this comes from the engineering side of the house? Thanks! ... View more

  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 have a follow up conversation on Governance with a subject matter expert on this topic here at Esri. Hoping you can provide a commented response, or "kudo" to gauge this communities interest in a follow-on conversation on Governance, and if this would be beneficial to this user community.  Any questions or suggestions on this topic, or others of interest please let me know.  ... View more

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 appreciated! ... View more

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 are spotty and the companies we did find data the cost were really high ranging from $500,000 to 2.8 million per year. Does anyone know of a reasonably priced source for high resolution aerial base map data? Thanks in advance Jeff ... View more

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