ESRI wins £1.7m ScottishPower contract
ESRI has signed a £1.7 million contract with leading electricity provider ScottishPower to provide an enterprise-wide Geographic Information System GIS
The new ESRI 'Foundation GIS' platform will enable over 2,000 staff across ScottishPower's north and south regions and eventually third parties, such as local authorities, to access map-based asset information via the web.
This will allow authorised users to logon and view pre-defined 'layers of data' at preset scales. As well as ensuring users will have access to the most current data, the shift from a paper-based to electronic system will also significantly reduce distribution costs.
To enhance customer service, network tracing facilities will be provided allowing ScottishPower to model the effects of a power outage and more readily identify customers who may be affected by any interruption to the supply. The underlying technology enables 'what-if' scenarios so that circuits can be isolated by modelling the status of electrical equipment such as a switch, fuse or link-box. ScottishPower can then easily identify the number of premises impacted by network changes and notify customers accordingly.
