ONE Gas Company Overview
- One of the largest publicly traded, 100% regulated natural gas utilities in the U.S.
- 2 million gas distribution customers
- 40,000 miles of distribution main, 2,500+ miles of transmission pipeline
- 2.3 million service lines
Project Highlights:
Project Duration: 01/2022 – 12/2023
Objective: Enterprise GIS, Utility Network Implementation, Graphic Work Design
UDC is happy to be partnering with ONE Gas in the next phase of its Enterprise GIS as it transitions from the geometric network model to the Utility Network. UDC is the system integrator for ONE Gas’s Utility Network project, leading development and overseeing all project-related activities. Esri will lead the system architecture review. The project kicked off at the start of the new year and is set to run through the end of 2023.
In terms of customers, ONE Gas is the largest natural gas distributor in Oklahoma and Kansas and the third largest in Texas. Currently, ONE Gas uses multiple software and solutions to operate separate GIS systems for its distribution and transmission gas assets. Through this project, ONE Gas plans to streamline operations through updating its system to the most current Esri software and network model and upgrading its existing GIS. Additionally, ONE Gas will be implementing a graphic work design solution with the goal of increasing efficiency and continuity across its organization.
To standardize utility operations, UDC is upgrading ONE Gas’s software from ArcGIS 10.6 to ArcGIS 10.8.1, implementing Esri’s Utility Network Model, migrating the gas distribution and transmission data to the Utility and Pipeline Data Model, upgrading to ArcGIS Pro, implementing ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing, and deploying a new graphic work design solution for both gas transmission and distribution. By updating its system, ONE Gas will be on a supported version for the life of its next effort – Utility Network migration.
For the Utility Network project, UDC is helping ONE Gas evaluate each software solution prior to selection and implementation. Defining the goals for each piece of software is enabling ONE Gas to make informed decisions with each application – allowing the utility to choose which applications will best meet its needs. UDC’s auto-migration tool, HEIDE, is being used to evaluate ONE Gas’s distribution and transmission GIS data for Utility Network and Utility and Pipeline Data Model readiness. With an initial evaluation of a small sample of data, HEIDE will highlight any migration issues and identify potential roadblocks, leading to a smoother migration to the Utility Network in the next phase.