1. Low Cost Applications for
Leveraging Your GIS Investment
Low Cost Applications for
Leveraging Your GIS Investment
March 20, 2002
Gary Duplisea
GIS Project Leader
March 20, 2002
Gary Duplisea
GIS Project Leader
2. Bangor Hydro SummaryBangor Hydro Summary
• Subsidiary of Emera Corporation
• 110,000 customers
• 5,400 sq. mile service territory
• 600 miles of transmission
• 4,571 miles of distribution
• Peak Load 280 MW
• 4 operating districts
3. GIS At BHEGIS At BHE
n 1994 Initial Implementation
n GE Network Solutions
n Used by Line Operations,
Engineering, Marketing,
Accounting, Real Estate,
Planning, Customer Service
n 1994 Initial Implementation
n GE Network Solutions
n Used by Line Operations,
Engineering, Marketing,
Accounting, Real Estate,
Planning, Customer Service
4. GIS At BHEGIS At BHE
n Construction Design
n Mobile GIS
n Outage Management
n Dig Safe
n Engineering Analysis Interface
n Construction Design
n Mobile GIS
n Outage Management
n Dig Safe
n Engineering Analysis Interface
5. Presentation PurposePresentation Purpose
Bring about an awareness
of low-cost GIS solutions
in an electric utility
Bring about an awareness
of low-cost GIS solutions
in an electric utility
6. Inexpensive LandbaseInexpensive Landbase
n > 99% of BHE facilities are above
ground
n Extremely accurate and expensive
landbase not necessary
n Purchased USGS 1:24,000 DLG’s
n Problem: data does not include
road names
n > 99% of BHE facilities are above
ground
n Extremely accurate and expensive
landbase not necessary
n Purchased USGS 1:24,000 DLG’s
n Problem: data does not include
road names
10. Property Tax ReportingProperty Tax Reporting
n Utilities are required to pay local
property taxes on its facilities
n Utilities need to be able to
determine facilities by municipality
n This was a huge task for
Accounting personnel
n Utilities are required to pay local
property taxes on its facilities
n Utilities need to be able to
determine facilities by municipality
n This was a huge task for
Accounting personnel
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12. Miscellaneous ReportsMiscellaneous Reports
n GIS has data available
n Querying is easy
n Adds corporate value to GIS
n GIS has data available
n Querying is easy
n Adds corporate value to GIS
16. ConclusionsConclusions
n Follow-up with users for
application improvements
n Promote GIS to “non-users” to
discover new uses for GIS
n Allow time in Project Schedule
for “unknown” applications
n Doing the above will add value
and user “buy-in”
n Follow-up with users for
application improvements
n Promote GIS to “non-users” to
discover new uses for GIS
n Allow time in Project Schedule
for “unknown” applications
n Doing the above will add value
and user “buy-in”
