Avangrid, a leading energy company with over 3.3 million customers served by their electric and gas utilities, is headquartered in Orange, Connecticut, and operates electric utilities across New York, Maine, and Connecticut. The company is focused on delivering reliable energy solutions while tackling industry challenges to optimize grid performance and ensure customer satisfaction.

A Growing Problem: Taming Dense Vegetation in Avangrid's Territory

Avangrid faced challenges with vegetation management, particularly in their New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG) territory. The territory has the highest vegetation density in the state and lacks a fully funded trim cycle. Avangrid observed that circuits that had not been trimmed within the past five years were degrading at twice the rate of those that had been trimmed. This led to increased costs, safety risks, and reduced efficiency in operations.

Harnessing Satellite Data: LiveEO's Cutting-Edge Solution for Avangrid's Vegetation Management

Avangrid partnered with LiveEO to utilize their satellite imagery and data analytics capabilities to prioritize vegetation management efforts. Through the partnership, LiveEO provided Avangrid with risk and exposure data they had never had before. This allowed them to focus on targeted vegetation work to maximize the reliability and resilience of their grid.

From Reactive to Proactive: LiveEO Empowers Avangrid to Optimize Grid Performance

Avangrid partnered with LiveEO to utilize their satellite imagery and data analytics capabilities to prioritize vegetation management efforts in a holistic approach. By integrating LiveEO's risk and exposure data with Avangrid's historical reliability data, asset data, and other relevant information, Avangrid could access a comprehensive view of their infrastructure. This allowed Avangrid to make better-informed decisions and focus on targeted vegetation work to maximize the reliability and resilience of their grid, ensuring efficient and effective management of resources.

Harnessing the Power of AWS Cloud for LiveEO's Data Processing and Analysis

LiveEO utilizes AWS cloud for efficient processing and management of large satellite data sets, as well as executing advanced machine-learning models and time-series analysis. The scalable and flexible infrastructure of AWS supports LiveEO's high technical demands, ensuring optimal results for clients like Avangrid.

Collaborative Achievements: Avangrid's Experience with LiveEO's Solution

Mark Waclawiak, Senior Manager of Operational Performance at Avangrid, stated: “With LiveEO, we've been able to access a level of risk and exposure data that we haven't had before, enabling us to effectively optimize our vegetation management efforts in the face of limited funding."

Expanding Horizons: The Future of Avangrid's Collaboration with LiveEO and Opportunities for the Industry

Avangrid plans to continue collaborating with LiveEO to expand the use of their data and technology in other operational regions and address different challenges within their network. The success of this project highlights the potential for other energy and utility companies facing similar vegetation management issues to benefit from LiveEO's satellite imagery and data analytics capabilities.

Find out more about LiveEO Vegetation Management Insights.