AVISTA provides electricity and gas to 800,000 customers in the Pacific Northwest, an area with high fire risks. Using AVEVA™ PI System™, AVISTA created a fire-risk dashboard that gathers tens of thousands of data points to provide a simplified view of its fire-risk metrics. The dashboard allows its operators to proactively deenergize sections of the electrical system that are at risk and efficiently reenergize sections when it’s safe again, keeping people safe and reducing outage times.
“The simplified view allows the operators to really drill into the specific pieces of information that they need to make the right decisions in a short amount of time”
—Jonathan Gibbs, Control Systems Specialist, AVISTA
Challenges
- Understanding the complex set of fire-risk metrics across several hundred devices
- Knowing when forecast fire risk was low enough to safely patrol and reenergize equipment
- Communicating how current fire-risk forecast data was for accurate decision making
Solution
- Used AVEVA PI System portfolio to aggregate and report on fire-risk data in its service territory
Results
- Enhanced data availability and streamlined essential data for a simplified view for its grid operators
- Minimized the risk of premature or unnecessary delays in patrols and reenergization, reducing customer outage times
- Developed ability to review changing historical forecasts
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