FME, and throwing off the spatial

blindersGerald Dotson

Grant PUD

Grant PUDGrant County, WA.

Hydro Electric Power Plants:Wanapum DamPriest Rapids Dam

-Customer base approx. 40,000-Plant output capable of over 2,000 megawatts of electricity.Enough to power over 800,000 homes.-Over 3,500 miles of distribution conductor. Enough to stretch from SeaTac to LAX, and back, then there again with cable left over.-Over 64,000 power poles.

Spatial translations The initial need from which FME sprang.

Aging distribution pole data.

…FME over 400 file formats supported.

Pursuing opportunities.

…and when the consultants threw up their hands, we threw

our saddle on FME.

GISengineeringmaterialslist.(Oracle)

Collectingexplodingcalculating&populating

Companyfinancials(MSSQLServer)

FME Server was utilized to create dynamic web pages for project selection and validation.

Primary workspace - Materials list from Utilities Design to Financials application

Replacing legacy code

…and some of the items we’ve automated with FME.

Process monitoring

Produce concise, detailed emails when attributes fall outside of preset parameters.

Thank you!

Gerald DotsonGrant PUD

gdotson@gcpud.org