Distribution Vegetation Management

Right-of-way line clearing is essential for system safety and reliability, and it is one of the largest operational expenses for electrical distribution companies. The Vegetation Management System from Clearion Software puts utilities in control of the information and business processes surrounding their ROW maintenance programs to help manage costs, meet increasing customer expectations, and comply with tightening regulatory requirements.

Clearion Vegetation Management is an enterprise system built on ESRI ArcGISTM technology, bringing the power of geographic display and analysis to vegetation data. The Clearion solution includes an easy to use field GIS application that integrates GPS technology for faster mapping, easier navigation and synchronizes data to a central server. Clearion Vegetation Management also delivers web-based viewing, reporting, and scheduling capabilities that enable planning, monitoring, and analysis of ROW line clearing programs.

Features:
. Create geographical vegetation inventory and treatment instructions
. Collect location and attributes of sensitive areas and customers using GPS
. Generate work summaries by project for bidding and cost estimation
. Store historical vegetation data in a central database
. Analyze crew performance, work progress, and program effectiveness
. Share project data with contractors, inter-agency partners and program

Benefits:
. Improves the management, quality, and detail of vegetation data
. Reduces unit cost of line clearing cycles
. Improves system safety and reliability
. Improves efficiency of ROW Line Clearing planning and tracking
. Increases speed and accuracy of work planning, cost estimation, and progress reporting
. Streamlines communication of work details to contractors
. Improves environmental and regulatory compliance
. Strengthens customer relationships