ENMAX located in Calgary, Alberta provides power for the city and surrounding Calgary area. The company has recently focused on increasing the management of its Secondary power grid located in downtown Calgary. Outages resulting from the Secondary grid have been problematic and may include fires as part of the Outage. A key step in managing the Secondary grid is to be able to locate and identify the type and location of the assets in relation to both the Secondary and Primary networks. This provides the base system “as operating view” of the network and its assets in a manner that is connected and will allow updates reflecting maintenance of the system. Previously, data was stored in individual engineering design files which don’t reflect a connected system view and don’t lend themselves to network management.
UDC is part of a team led by Esri Canada working in unison with ENMAX to develop and implement a new Secondary system that will be built on GIS and provide visualization of the system and its management. The Secondary Grid is an underground system located in vaults and manholes. The system utilized will be the Esri ArcGIS system with Schneider Electric software products including ArcFM, ArcFM Web, Underground Facilities Manager, and ArcFM Mobile. ENMAX is conducting an extensive Field survey of its Secondary assets to provide an up to date accurate inventory of secondary assets. The information will become the new standardized base of information for the applications which are being built to manage the network.
Learn more about Secondary Network Enablement and Underground Facilities Management. For further information on ENMAX see Technology Leadership and Execution at ENMAX Power.