As a utility, vegetation management is of the utmost importance – for ensuring transmission and distribution reliability and complying with complex North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) regulations for minimum vegetation clearance distance and facility ratings. Utilities now rely on advanced remote sensing technologies to survey transmission infrastructure, then use the data collected to show compliance.
While utilities may rely on basic analytical tools to deliver the required NERC compliance data, they may not take full advantage of the valuable data being collected. In this article, we’ll explain
how utilities can go beyond basic descriptive analytics, using both prescriptive and predictive analytics to transform massive data sets into real-time, actionable information critical to ensuring reliability across the electric grid. And, we’ll share examples of how utilities are leveraging advanced analytics to drive greater efficiency and cost savings across their organization.
GOING BEYOND DATA COLLECTION
Utility vegetation management practitioners rely on a wealth of information to both optimize and streamline decision making related to budgetary needs,...
