GIS BASED ASSET MANAGEMENT OF TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

Abstract

Deregulation and an increasing competition in electricity markets urge energy suppliers to optimize the utilization of their equipment, focusing on technical and cost-effective aspects. This has created the need for new strategies commonly referred to as asset management. The asset management program is an organized repository of the inventoried data and a tool to value the asset based on their existing condition. In this dissertation an interactive Geographic Information System (GIS) based asset management system is developed for IIT Roorkee Transmission & Distribution system. Using GIS along with traditional database technology enabled simplified access to the data through the use of spatial selection and queries. The dissertation task included creation of inventories of assets, asset evaluation and integration with GIS.