Future-Proofing Our Grid: Tackling Challenges and Embracing Change

Our nation’s electrical grid is a crucial resource, providing safe energy across the country. While it has been reliable for a long time, it is now facing mounting pressure from various sources, threatening its stability. Utilities and regulatory agencies are being forced to respond and act to proactively address these challenges, which include reducing carbon emissions and addressing issues related to global climate change. Additionally, there’s a growing need to decentralize energy to reduce reliance on a single power source due to the increasing demands of our population and product usage, which strains available resources. The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, such as polar vortexes and powerful hurricanes, poses significant difficulties for utilities in planning and anticipating outages. As power outages continue to increase, digital-first consumers and businesses who demand real-time information about power restoration are affected. GIS asset management tools play a vital role in enabling deep situational awareness and quick response. Read the full article >
James Street

James Street

Founder & CEO

Utilities are facing rapid electrification, extreme weather, aging infrastructure, and a shrinking workforce. These pressures make it essential for utilities to modernize operations, strengthen resiliency, and adopt technologies that support faster decision-making and more reliable power delivery.

Grid resilience starts with improving asset visibility, digitizing field workflows, investing in modern grid technologies, and creating flexible systems that adapt to demand fluctuations, climate impacts, and distributed energy resources.

Digital tools improve real-time situational awareness, streamline field operations, accelerate outage response, and unify asset data across systems, giving utilities insight to plan proactively and operate more efficiently.

A shrinking skilled labor pool makes it critical to equip utility field crews with intuitive mobile tools, automated workflows, and accurate GIS data, enabling them to complete more work safely with fewer resources.

GIS creates a single view of field assets, enabling utilities to assess conditions, prioritize repairs, and respond quickly to disruptions. This spatial intelligence is essential for modernizing aging infrastructure and planning for future growth.

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