Rochester Public Utilities Rochester, 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 –ESRIs ArcGIS suite –Miner and Miners 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

Outage Call Entry Form

Outage Showing Affected Customers

Affected Devices and Services During Outage

Questions? Rochester Public Utilities Greg Rowley Ryan Moore