© 2015 HDR, Inc., all rights reserved.

© 2015 HDR, Inc., all rights reserved.

Outage Mapping using ArcGIS Online and the ArcGIS API for Python

Project Overview

• The Team

• HDR

• Big Horn Rural Electric Company

• Smart Meters

• Common Causes of Outages and Impacts

• Integrating ArcGIS Online and Microsoft

Azure using Python to Surface Data

• Benefits of Web GIS

• Working towards Comprehensive Asset

Management System

Big Horn Rural Electric Company

• Big Horn Rural Electric

Company was formed in 1937.

Currently, they serve 3,545

meters over 1,300 miles of line.

Big Horn services 3,100 square

miles in five counties in

Wyoming (Big Horn, Washakie,

Park, Sheridan and Johnson)

and 2 counties in Montana (Big

Horn and Carbon).

• Components• Electronic Meter

• Communication Module

• Advance Metering Network (AMI)

• Smart Meter

• Communication Network

• IT Application

• Outage Management System(OMS)

• Platform used for communication and managing

events

• Predict Outage Location and Extent

Smart Meters

• Weather – Wind, Lightning, Snow

• Vehicle Strikes

• Trees – typically a byproduct of weather

• Animals

• Construction Activities – excavation

• High Power Demand – another byproduct

of weather in most cases.

• Wildfires

• Accidents at home

Leverage the Living Atlas

Common Causes of Outages

• Why are the lights out?

• Critical Facilities

• Food Storage

• Emergency Services

• Communications

• Potential Data Loss

• Entertainment Systems

What does a Power Outage Impact?

• Previous method to review smart meter

output was spreadsheet

• Geographic Reference

• Analytical Tool

• Routing and Directions

• Cost effective approach not requiring

another intensive 3rd party software

application.

• Scalability to build and expand

platform beyond just Outage Event

Mapping.

Where does Geospatial Technology come in?

• Location Based Digital Mapping• Asset Attributes

• Object Attachments (Photos, Maintenance

Reocrds)

• Web and Mobile Access• Works with any Web Browser

• Android, Apple, Windows devices

• Offline – for remote areas

• Integrates with ESRI Desktop

Environments

• Future of Geospatial Technology to be

Web Driven

ArcGIS Online

• “Microsoft Azure is an ever-expanding set

of cloud services to help your

organization meet your business

challenges. It’s the freedom to build,

manage, and deploy applications on a

massive, global network using your

favorite tools and frameworks.” -

Microsoft • Application Services

• Virtual Machines

• File Storage

• Security

• Analytics Support

Azure

• ArcGIS API for Python is a Python library

for working with maps and geospatial

data, powered by web GIS. Courtesy

ESRI

• Currently Referencing Version 1.6

• Watchdog

ArcGIS API for Python

• Leverage other data sources hosted within

organization.

• Reduce Travel Costs.

• Simple Inventory Reference.

• Reduction of Overall Outage Time.

• Improvement of Utility Safety.

• Data easily extendable to all stakeholders and

customers via web and mobile platforms

• Data can be analyzed and visualized in a

variety of fashions using easily configurable

web application templates.

Benefits of Outage Mapping on ArcGIS Online

• Complete System Data Repository

• Georeference and refine CAD Datasets

• Convert other system elements to GIS

• Integrate CIS, Work Order Management

• Leverage more Open Source

• Configure data for field editing/staking

• Azure Serverless Functions

• Emergency Notifications – email, text alerts

• Network Connectivity Model

• ArcGIS Enterprise Implementation.

• Utility Network Extension.

End goal is to get to a fully functional

OUTAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The Road Ahead

QUESTIONS?