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Energy Currents Newsletter Winter 2009 Energy Currents ESRI • Winter 2009 GIS for Energy In This Issue ESRI News p2 Boston Showcases Solar Power ESRI on the Road p2 EGUG News p4 Potential with Web GIS Tools of the Trade p5 By Matthew DeMeritt, ESRI Writer ArcGIS and Microsoft Tools Enable Spatial Business Intelligence Tech Corner p6 In 2007, Boston mayor Thomas Menino issued set a target of 25 megawatts of solar power to be Data Dissemination and Visualization with Flex API an executive order on climate change that set installed by 2015. To support the Solar Boston Q&A p8 greenhouse gas reduction goals and outlined program, Boston is using Web geographic in- The Role of GIS in Renewable Energy Development city strategies for recycling and renewable en- formation system (GIS) technology to map cur- Is Renewable Energy the Impossible Dream? p10 ergy. That order was decisive in the formation rent solar installations, track progress toward Map Gallery p12 of Solar Boston, a two-year, $550,000 proj- the mayor’s goal, and allow Bostonians to ana- New Mexico Renewable Energy Resource Potential Map ect designed to expand the use of solar power lyze their rooftop solar energy potential. Enhanced Oil Recovery Revives Petroleum p14 throughout the city. Solar Boston is part of the Solar Boston builds on the City of Boston’s Fields and Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions Solar America Initiative, a campaign launched leadership in promoting green buildings, which Stewards of the Snake River p16 by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to is the practice of maximizing the use of a build- Ethanol Buzz Fuels Planning by Colonial p18 Pipeline Company make solar electricity cost competitive with ing’s resources while reducing the environmen- Brazilian Utilities Sign Enterprise License p22 traditional electricity production by 2015. To tal impact throughout its life cycle. In 2004, Agreement with ESRI help meet the city’s greenhouse gas reduction Menino created the Green Building Task Force, Full Range of GIS Benefits Provided to Small p23 Utilities through ESRI’s Enterprise License targets and support the goals of DOE, Menino Continued on page 9 Agreement Program ArcGIS Cadastral Editor calculates coordinates and creates a cadastral fabric for the best-fit representation of the parcel layers. ESRI News Join ESRI and Transform Your Future What’s New in ArcGIS 9.3 Are you looking for a career where you can apply your industry expertise in a new, exciting way? ArcGIS 9.3 offers a complete suite of soft- Join ESRI’s utility team of sales, marketing, consulting, and project management experts. We are ware that improves organizational work- looking for talented professionals to share their industry knowledge, experience, and perspectives flows. With ArcGIS 9.3, users get the in these challenging roles: benefits of an established and active user • Account Executive—Utilities (four locations) community, instructor-led and online train- • Consultant/Project Manager—Energy (Redlands) ing, and new online resource centers. The • Solutions Engineer—Utilities (two locations) resource centers offer a unified location Learn more about career opportunities on our utility team and apply online at www.esri.com/ from which users can access online help, utilitycareers. documentation, support pages, user forums, blogs, maps, and more. ArcGIS 9.3 comes with more tools to ac- ESRI on the Road Leading Geospatial cess data within an organization including support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Publication Reviews ESRI Book PostgreSQL. ArcGIS 9.3 also makes it easi- NRECA TechAdvantage er to connect to and manage data from other February 13–16, 2009 In Empowering Electric and Gas Utilities with systems via direct backward compatibil- New Orleans, Louisiana GIS, ESRI’s Bill Meehan, director of worldwide ity and includes new version management www.techadvantage.org utility industry solutions, has produced a valuable features, enhancements to geodatabase text covering a range of case studies from the elec- UEDA Winter Forum replication, and better geocoding. A new tric and gas sectors of the utility industry, demon- February 23–26, 2009 image service within ArcGIS Server ad- St. Petersburg, Florida strating how application of enterprise-wide GIS vances an organization’s data management www.utilityeda.com/Conferences.asp can increase efficiency and improve safety. capabilities. This is a well written, easy-to-read book present- ArcGIS 9.3 makes dissemination of geo- GITA ing a convincing business case for employing en- April 19–22, 2009 graphic information much easier. ArcGIS terprise-wide GIS in the gas and electric utility sec- Tampa, Florida Server users can now selectively build a tor in an engaging, narrative, well-illustrated style. www.gita.org map cache for the areas that are the most Although it is difficult to imagine any modern util- popular, and ArcGIS Server enables on- WindPower 2009 ity company not already using GIS, if you know of demand caching to let the map cache May 4–7, 2009 one, make sure its directors read this book. grow as end users access the map service. Chicago, Illinois To order a copy of the book, visit www.esri.com/ www.windpowerexpo.org ArcGIS Server 9.3 also includes a series of esripress. JavaScript APIs for mashup-style develop- Review provided by www.geoconnexion.com. ment. The ArcGIS APIs for JavaScript take advantage of the new REST interface. In ArcGIS 9.3, many modeling tools have been enhanced and some entirely new tools have been added. In addition, a new vehicle routing problem (VRP) solver in ArcGIS Network Analyst generates routes for fleets of vehicles. To learn more about ArcGIS 9.3, visit www.esri.com/whatsnew. 2 Energy Currents www.esri.com/electricgas ESRI News ESRI Canada Limited’s Award of Excellence Recognizes Saint John Energy By Amanda Graff, ESRI Canada Limited ESRI Canada Limited, ESRI’s distributor its health and safety record in the fewer-than- this project, AMI data was integrated with data in Canada, recognized Saint John Energy of 500-employees category as monitored by the from the customer information system (CIS) so Fredericton, New Brunswick, with the Award Canadian Electricity Association. that customer information could be accessed of Excellence at the 2008 Regional User In 2001, the utility embarked on an ambitious with the click of a button using ArcMap. Conference. The utility was honored for its in- enterprise application project (EAP) to imple- As part of its integration strategy from the novative and integrated approach to application ment three core technologies—management, EAP, Saint John Energy recently selected deployment, which has dramatically improved customer, and geographic information systems. Telvent Miner & Miner’s Designer application efficiencies across the utility. The completion of this project resulted in a to automate the generation of cost estimates “Saint John Energy has proactively taken an seamless transition from paper-based systems and bills for materials. Designer automatically enterprise approach to GIS that has resulted in to an era of digital spatial data. As a first step, determines the inventory that is required and more efficient management processes and con- Saint John Energy worked with ESRI Canada performs a series of engineering calculations sistency throughout the company,” said Eric Limited to create a data collection tool that based on standard construction practices. Melanson, ESRI Canada Limited’s Atlantic re- would enable the utility to survey its vast infra- “Designer provides us with a streamlined gional manager. “The company has successful- structure. Within one year, Saint John Energy information flow from the field to our opera- ly transitioned from a paper-based environment had captured approximately 200,000 attributed tions, engineering, finance, and store depart- and has implemented key business applications submeter GPS locations. This data collection ments,” explained Bob Bernard, GIS admin- built on GIS that automate and streamline its tool was used for everything from siting sub- istrator, Saint John Energy. “This will enable operations.” stations, assessing insurance claims, planning our field employees to perform their jobs more Saint John Energy is an electricity distribu- new infrastructure, and locating existing under- effectively while delivering a high-quality and tion utility that serves 36,000 customers with ground infrastructure. consistent level of service to our customers.” a network of 13 substations and 84 feeders In 2006, Saint John Energy initiated a pilot For more information, visit www.esricanada within its service area of 130 square miles. For project to implement automated metering infra- .com. six consecutive years, Saint John Energy was structure (AMI) systems that detect when a me- rated one of the top five utilities in Canada for ter has experienced an outage. Upon rollout of This image from Saint John Energy represents feeder lines by color symbology. www.esri.com/electricgas Energy Currents 3 EGUG News 2008 EGUG Conference in Review: Utilities Charged Up to Deal with Change Seminars, speeches, and hallway conversations areas with spatial data management, server- terfaces, or APIs, available with ArcGIS devoted to smart grid technology, renewable based GIS, and mobile solutions. Server 9.3 provide a rapid development frame- energy, and the Web at ESRI’s 2008 Electric “The general impression from utility mem- work for creating, deploying, and managing & Gas User Group (EGUG) Conference signify bers is that we made a lot of progress,” EGUG enterprise mashups,” Brown said. “GIS-based that utilities are preparing for big changes. president Ted Kircher said. “The EGUG services and applications can deliver portal- The conference, held October 19–23 in Conference gave utilities a renewed passion to like access to internal information resources Indian Wells, California, brought together rep- develop broad ideas in GIS such as smart grid and enhance the accuracy and reliability of de- resentatives from 100 utilities with ESRI indus- technology and compliance.” cision making as well as extend the range of try experts and business partners.
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