Abstract

Use of GIS in Electrical Distribution and Transmission
Track: Electric Utilities
Authors: Proud Mundenda

ZETDC faced a lot of challenges in network development and IT.The challenges included a inaccurrate assert database,IT systems that were not intergrated,costs in project planning,poor network analysis during an outage,poor engineering report generation and innovation was low.GIS was introduced to solve the challenges.The most unique part of the project was that it was mainly developed by electrical engineers who were empowered with GIS .ZETDC is now enjoying the benefits of GIS