Cook: Utility mapped grid in GIS, modeled 63% of power flow
Elizabeth Cook · Will poor data hold back the potential of AI on the grid? · Jun 29, 2023 · at 30:23
Elizabeth Cook discusses grid modernization and data readiness at utilities during a panel at the Transition AI conference.
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“We did a whole LiDAR distribution system and uploaded seven million points, and now we have an asset associated database in GIS, which means we have a whole distribution system modeled in GIS. Our next step is making those models power flow models. We have about 63% of our system.”
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