GIS Integrated Analytics for

Preventive Maintenance and

Storm Response
Presenter:
John Lauletta, CEO/CTO

Sr. Member, IEEE

 Preventive Maintenance
Decision Process
Budget

Circuit Performance
 Non Storm-Related Outages on
the Electric Distribution System
Equipment Failure Trees / Vegetation
31% 32%

Miscellaneous Animal Contact

19% 18%

Source: U.S. DOE

 Preventive Maintenance
Decision Process
Budget

Circuit Performance Optimized Maintenance

Grid Design Asset Health Vegetation Mgmt. Connectivity

 RF Emission Detection
Predictive Maintenance Ultrasonic Emission Detection
(PdM)
Infrared Detection
Predictive Maintenance is based upon
knowing the condition of equipment in
Visual Detection
a system.

Predictive Maintenance means using

technologies that tell us what will fail
in the future, not what is failing right
now. Predictions come from
monitoring the condition of
equipment as it is operating.

Here are some ways to measure

equipment condition. 

There are many benefits to conditions-

based maintenance including lowering
cost, improving system performance
and enhancing worker safety. But, how
can the condition of all the equipment
on the grid be measured?

Measuring the Condition of the Grid 

 Exacter, Inc. Provides: Grid Condition Assessment for Improved
System Resiliency and Reliability
 Based in Columbus, OH
 US Strategic Partners:

 Int’l Alliance Partners

– Australia, Mexico, Canada
 2 US Patents, 7 Int’l Patents
 2 million+ Poles Surveyed
 3rd Party Validation
– U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE)
– Nat’l Elec. Testing Lab (NETL)
– The Ohio State University
 Research Facilities
The Ohio State University High Voltage Laboratory

Initial Research 2004 to 2006

Advanced Research Coninues
 Test Fixtures
Surge Arrester Being Studied

Two views of the test setup

Lab Workstation
Faraday Cage

Research Analytics

EXACTER® Sensor
 Exacter Acquisition and Analysis Process
Data Acquisition & Actionable
Data Analysis
Discrimination Information
Data analyzed for severity,
persistence and prevalence,
enabling:
• Exact locating of failing
component
• Replacement prioritization

RF emissions from arcing

(deteriorated) electrical components

Exacter sensor in vehicle/aircraft collects

the signals and then discriminates and
GPS locates arcing, tracking and leaking
electrical components Precise GPS coordinates
and relevant condition-
data transmitted
to servers for final
statistical geospatial
analysis Reports and GIS compatible
information provided to customer
The Need: DOE Smart Grid Project Example

http://www.smartgrid.gov/reports
 Condition Assessment:
Select Circuits and Design Survey

Following the selection

of circuits to be
included in the
assessment, Exacter
Data Specialists design
specific survey routes
using public access
roadways. The
EXACTER Sensor is
sensitive in a 200
meter radius from the
vehicle.
 Condition Assessment:Survey Quality Control

Monitor Survey Progress

While the survey is

underway, the path of
the survey vehicle, the
WHITE trace, is
monitored to insure
that the circuits being
assessed are
completely studied.

Accuracy of results is
improved by multiple
passes of the same
route over a four week
period.
 Condition Assessment:
Real-time Failure Signature Analysis

Whenever the
EXACTER Sensor
locates a line emission
that correlates to a
Failure Signature a
real-time study is
completed. The 986
RED markers show all
of the studies from the
four-week survey
process.
 Condition Assessment:
EXACTER Condition Assessment Results

The 986 RED Failure

Signature Events are
studied by EXACTER
Servers to create this
result: 25 BLUE
Maintenance Groups
where a structure
includes at least one
weakened component.
Analytical Process to Locate
Deteriorated Equipment
 Internal Algorithms:
Geographic Circle Calculation

• Calculates coordinates of a
circle which is centered about
a point on the globe
• Difficult cone-sphere
intersection problem
• Adopted a method described
in The Journal of Applied
Meteorology by I. Ruff in 1971
Transmission Equipment Deterioration

Aerial Surveys
 Prioritized Maintenance Action:
Select Equipment to Replace

Specific component(s)
that are arcing, leaking
or tracking on those
structures that have
been prioritized for
repair are identified.

Photographs, Maps,
Reports, and GIS Files
are provided.

GIS
.SHP
File
 Example: Project Design
• Projects are designed with utility data to create an optimized
price/benefit result
• Utilities:
– Set Goals Outage Causes

– Perform Maintenance
– Measure Results
Selected Priority
Animals and Feeders to
Other, 37% Assess and
Improve
Predictive
Affecting
Equipment, 20% of Outages
Based
31%
Maintenance
Deferred, Less
Critical , Low
Vegetation, SAIDI Impact
Feeders 11%
32%
 Example: Prioritized Worst Performing
Circuit (WPC) Improvement Program

25,000,000.00 35.0%
Circuit CMI Contribution Eastern Division
5,950 OVHD Miles CMI Impact Analysis
30% 30.0%
20,000,000.00
26%
25.0%

15,000,000.00
20.0%

17%

10,000,000.00
73% of Total CMI – 1,904 miles (32%) 15.0%

CMI Result of 10.0%

9%
8% Current Programs
5,000,000.00
5% 5.0%

2%
2%
- 1% 0.0%
0%
1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81 91 101 111 121 131 141 151 161 171 181 191 201 211 221 231 241 251
 Sum of All Customer Interruption Durations
SAIDI
IEEE 1366 Total Number of Customers Served

71.18
61.33 63.92

23.38

Aggregate Customer Experience

 Total # of Customer Interruptions
SAIFI Total Number of Customers Served

1.52 1.48 1.53

1.03

Aggregate Customer Experience

 Sum of All Customer Interruptions
CAIDI Total Number of Customer Interruptions

Relatively No Change in the Customer Experience

46.73 41.32 41.90

22.78

Aggregate Customer Experience

 Non Storm-Related Outages on
the Electric Distribution System
Equipment Failure Trees / Vegetation
31% 32%

Miscellaneous Animal Contact

19% 18%

Source: U.S. DOE

 Flat Response =
Challenges & Opportunities
500

450

400

350

300
CAIDI

250

200

150

100

50

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

SAIFI
 Flat Response =
Challenges & Opportunities
500

450

400

350

300
CAIDI

250

200

150

100

50

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

SAIFI
 Target Performance
500

450

400

350

300
CAIDI

250

200

150

100

50

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

SAIFI
 Top Decile
20 Years of Design Excellence
500

450

400

350

300
CAIDI

250

200

150

100

50

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

SAIFI
 SAIDI Focus
O&M – Workforce Deployment
500

450

400

350

300
CAIDI

250

200

150

100

50

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

SAIFI
 SAIFI Focus
Capital Intensive Programs
500

450

400

350

300
CAIDI

250

200

150

100

50

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

SAIFI
 Typical Strategies
500 A
u
450
t 60% – 70%
400 o Out of
m ROW
350
a
300 Tree t Trimming
CAIDI

250
i
o
200 n
150

100

50

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

SAIFI
 Replace Deteriorated Equipment
500 A
u
450
t
400 o
m
350
a
300 Tree t Trimming
CAIDI

250
i
o
200 n
150

100

50

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

SAIFI
 What is The Strategy to Improve?
How Good Is Good Enough?
•
500
SAIDI (CMI)
450

400
• SAIFI (Number of outages)
350
• CAIDI (CMI)
300
• CEMI (Number of outages)
CAIDI

250 • Targeted Performance:

200
1st Quartile or Decile
150
• Stay Ahead of the Bear
100

50

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

SAIFI
What is Urgent and Important?
 Informed Maintenance Decisions
5
4.5
4
CMI (100,000)

3.5
3
2.5
CMI
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
Circuit A Circuit B Circuit C Circuit D
 Optimized Selection
5
4.5
CMI (100,000)

4
3.5
3
2.5 CMI
2 CMI / Mile
1.5
1
0.5
0
Circuit A Circuit B Circuit C Circuit D
Circuit Connectivity
Circuit 1

1,000 Customers

CMI1 = CMI2

Circuit 2

120 Customers
 Circuit Physical Design
Circuit 1

9 miles of OH 1 mile of UG

CMI1 = CMI2

1 mile of OH 9 miles of UG

Circuit 2
Circuit Critical Connectivity
Circuit 1

100 Customers

CMI1 = CMI2

Circuit 2

100 Customers
Grid Operation Importance
Circuit 1

Smart Grid
Control element

CMI1 = CMI2

Circuit 2

Residential
Distribution
CMI Reduction Project
 Preventive Maintenance
Decision Process
Budget

Circuit Performance
Preventive Maintenance
Customer
Complaints
Improved Measurements 
Effective Results
Cost per Outcome
5

4
Desired Outcome

Lift
3

2
Opportunity
1 To Lower
O&M Expense
0
Cost of Program
 Preventive Maintenance
Decision Process
Budget

Circuit Performance Optimized Maintenance

Grid Design Asset Health Critical Load Connectivity

Optimized Maintenance
 Deteriorated Equipment
Impact on Grid Resiliency
1. THE GRID IS OLD—AND IT'S ONLY MAKING
MATTERS WORSE
According to the DOE report: "70% of the grid’s
transmission lines and power transformers are
now over 25 years old and the average age of
power plants is over 30 years."
As a result, "the age of the grid’s components
has contributed to an increased incidence of
weather-related power outages.“
. . . Utility Dive
Storm Influence on Transmission

http://nca2009.globalchange.gov/significant-weather-related-us-electric-grid-disturbances
 Storm Impact on Reliability
Correlation: OH EQ CMI against MEDs
1,200,000

1,000,000
Customer Minutes of Interruption (CMI)

800,000

600,000

400,000

200,000

-
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

System MEDs Total OH EQ CMI

 Predictive Analytics 
Effective Conditions-based Maintenance
• Long Term Improvement in Reliability
– Measurable
– Documented
– Repeatable
• Additional Value
CONFIDENTIAL

– GIS Data
– OMS Systems
– Software
• Complete Solution
– Vegetation
– Asset Data Collection
– Condition Assessment
– Predictive Maintenance
Questions?

JLauletta@exacterinc.com

@EXACTERINC