A rise in damaging wildfires in recent years has led to many electric utilities finding themselves on the receiving end of increasingly rigorous state and federal regulations. With mounting fines and penalties for non-compliance, utilities are in search for ways to improve their inspections, compliance surveys, and preventive maintenance programs.
Many utilities are still reliant on manual, paper processes for managing their compliance as well as use several systems and applications to support different types of compliance programming. As a result, the effort and time of multiple individuals is required to support the compliance process – from monitoring compliance activities to organizing the requisite documentation for reporting. The absence of a single, spatial solution for workflow management makes it challenging for utilities to know where their compliance stands.
UDC’s Electric Compliance Solution was developed to help utilities overcome these shortcomings of their current processes and build continuity across their utility programs. Our solution manages the entire Electric Compliance workflow in a single application, bringing visualization and automation to the compliance lifecycle. With a complete solution, utilities can monitor each stage of the compliance process for easier reporting and auditing – from office to field and back. A spatial approach empowers utilities to proactively manage their compliance by transitioning from paper and cycle-based compliance management to digital, condition-based compliance programs.
UDC’s map-based, visual Electric Compliance solution provides your utility with the following capabilities:
- Identify planned work for the facilities to be inspected or areas to be surveyed
- Plan where the work should be performed
- Schedule and assign the work to field crew members
- Record completed work, including any exceptions
- Monitor progress against due dates, compliance dates, and any exceptions
- Report on compliance to different audiences using configured dashboard views