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Electric utilities, co-ops, and municipal utilities whose GIS records have aged beyond reliable use for engineering, operations, or regulatory compliance requirements.
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Overview
Outdated GIS records are one of the most costly hidden problems in utility operations. Wrong asset locations, missing attributes, incorrect installation dates, and stale condition data lead to incorrect engineering decisions, failed inspection scheduling, poor storm response, and NERC compliance gaps. GridIntel's GIS Audit service deploys experienced field teams equipped with Power-View to systematically verify, correct, and enrich your asset records at the speed and scale your territory requires.
GIS data degrades over time. Assets are installed without records being updated. Poles are replaced but the original record remains. Transformers are upgraded but the database still reflects the original equipment rating. After five to seven years without a field audit, discrepancy rates between records and reality typically reach 15 to 25 percent on distribution circuits — high enough to make engineering decisions unreliable and storm response less effective. A GridIntel GIS Audit establishes a verified baseline with every asset position GPS-confirmed and every attribute field-verified.
What’s included
✓Systematic field verification of asset locations, attributes, condition ratings, and physical specifications
✓GPS-accurate asset positioning to within one meter tied directly to Power-View GIS records
✓Comprehensive attribute collection: pole material, height, class, age, attached equipment, and condition grade
✓Transformer and equipment nameplate data collection and database record reconciliation
✓Photo documentation of minimum four images per asset linked directly to individual Power-View records
✓Discrepancy identification, flagging, and correction workflow with quality review and supervisor approval
✓Prioritized audit plans based on data age, circuit criticality, and regulatory compliance risk ranking
✓Final delivery of fully verified GIS dataset with complete audit trail and discrepancy summary report
Standards & regulatory compliance
This service directly supports compliance with the following standards and regulatory frameworks. GridIntel documentation is structured to generate compliance evidence as a byproduct of normal operations.
- NERC FAC-003 vegetation management — asset position accuracy requirement
- FEMA NFIP map accuracy standards for flood zone assets
- OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) GIS data exchange standards
- State PUC outage reporting asset location accuracy standards
- ANSI/TIA-942 infrastructure spatial data standards
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Key benefits
Why organizations choose GridIntel for GIS Audit
“Average GIS discrepancy rate before a GridIntel audit is 18 percent. Rate after verified completion is below 2 percent.”
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