Rochester Public UtilitiesRochester, Minnesota
Rochester Public Utilities
• Electric System established 1894– Serve ~47,000 meters– Cover ~60 square miles– ~185 megawatts of generation
• Water System established in 1887– Serve ~36,000 meters– 34 deep wells– 19 Towers
GIS at RPU
• Started in 1992 – more actively in 1999• Currently have over 70 users• Used in all areas of RPU.• Software used
– ESRI’s ArcGIS suite– Miner and Miner’s ArcFM, Designer and
Responder
Some GIS Uses at RPU
• Water & Electric Locations
• Address Location• Asset Management• New Construction
Design• Marketing Analysis• Customer Service• Outage Management
• Facilities Management
• Osmose Testing• Wellhead Protection• Tree Trimming• Environmental
Management• Service Assured
tracking• Load Management
Studies
Current Projects
• Expand outage management capabilities
• Improve GIS for field crews
• Increase use of ArcServer
• Server high availability upgrade
Demo
Desktop view
Address Searching
Water System with Aerial Photo
OutageCall EntryForm
Outage Showing Affected Customers
AffectedDevices
andServicesDuring Outage
Questions?Rochester Public Utilities
Greg Rowley507-280-1609
Ryan Moore507-280-1648