C I R E D 21 st International Conference on Electricity Distribution Frankfurt, 6-9 June 2011 Paper 1223 Paper No 1223 1/4 GINISED ENTERPRISE GIS - FRAMEWORK FOR THE UTILITY OF THE FUTURE Leonid STOIMENOV Aleksandar STANIMIROVIĆ Aleksandar KRSTIĆ Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, ED Jugoistok Niš – Serbia University of Niš – Serbia University of Niš – Serbia aleksandar.krstic@jugoistok.com leonid.stoimenov@elfak.ni.ac.rs aleksandar.stanimirovic@elfak.ni.ac.rs Nikola DAVIDOVIĆ Miloš BOGDANOVIĆ Dalibor NIKOLIĆ Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, ED Jugoistok Niš – Serbia University of Niš – Serbia University of Niš – Serbia dalibor.nikolic@jugoistok.com nikola.davidovic@elfak.ni.ac.rs milos.bogdanovic@elfak.ni.ac.rs ABSTRACT This paper presents GinisED – geo-information system which is developed to support control and management of electric low-power supply network. But introducing a GIS into a business process of utility company will not cause change to occur if it is viewed merely as a replacement for manually drawn circuit maps. Besides describing standard GIS tool, this paper discusses its transformation to enterprise GIS solution for power utility company. Enterprise GinisED helps integrate data from different sources, both internal and external, and generates new information and conclusions from existing data. Enterprise GIS integrated within the utility IT framework provides a solid framework for the utility of the future INTRODUCTION Geo-Information Systems (GIS) are being widely used for more than forty years. They have found their purpose in environmental monitoring, transportation management, public safety, facility security, disaster management, etc. GIS enables us capturing, storing, analyzing, and displaying geographically referenced information. It allows us to view, understand, query, interpret, and visualize data in a way that is quickly understood and easily shared. GIS technology can be used for scientific research, resource management, and development planning. Efficient functioning of utility companies engaged in the transmission and distribution of electricity cannot be achieved without proper record keeping and monitoring of the transmission and distribution network system [1]. Any power utility company that expects to run an efficient day- to-day operation and to manage and develop its services effectively must know what asset it has, where they are, their condition, how they are performing, and how much it costs to provide the service. Nowadays, knowledge about physical assets of the enterprise is necessary to make crucial decisions vital to the operations, growth and management of electricity distribution facilities. Information must be collected and analysed to its full extent, contributing not only to efficient services, but also to the operation and maintenance of assets, and to the sensible planning of extensions and new works [2]. Therefore, almost any electric power supply company has a need for the existence of specialized geo-information system that should provide mechanisms for collecting, storing and manipulating spatial data. GIS applications enable connecting various types of information in the spatial context and generating new information and conclusions on the basis of these connections. GIS enables fast, accurate and unique presentation of network data. GIS output of electric network can be viewed and easily interpreted compared to any other system output. GIS technology promises benefits not only in increasing operational efficiency but also in improving policy design, decision making, communication, and dissemination of information [3]. GINISED - GIS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITY GinisED is the geographic information system specially designed for electric power utility companies. It uses the most modern GIS technologies and methodologies for collecting, editing, visualization and analysis of spatial electric power supply network data. GinisED was developed by CG&GIS Lab, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Niš, and is deployed in ED Jugoistok Niš (Serbian public electric power supply company). GinisED helps ED Jugoistok Niš in everyday operation and maintenance as it provides the accurate, reliable spatial and non-spatial information to the utility operational staff, and in turn help them better meet customer needs [4]. GinisED (Figure 1) tools can be divided into three groups [4][5]:  Tools for collecting (digitization, map scanning and vectorization using GPS and other specialized equipment) and editing the spatial electric power supply network data.  Tools for visualization of spatial electric power supply network data for a certain geographic area.  Tools for spatial analysis of electric power supply network, potential or actual events in electric power supply