What is the Utility Network?

The Utility Network supports the management, maintenance and analysis of increasingly complex networks to better represent assets as they are managed and operated in the field. It creates an information layer to provide a scalable foundation to model all your utility assets safely and efficiently. Additionally, the UN supports the seamless sharing of that content throughout the entire ArcGIS platform, creating opportunities for streamlining business workflows that likely touch your entire operational workforce.

Electric, water, gas and telecommunications systems are rapidly and continuously evolving towards smarter networks with more complex equipment. Customers and regulators are demanding increased resiliency and improved reliability from a network that must be more flexible while also more secure. And it must be designed, built and maintained in ways that are both more affordable and sustainable.

Key Benefits of Utility Network

Support Grid Modernization

Manage complex assets and integrate location with smarter network components and capabilities.
Enhance Safety

Bring asset, operational and external information together, supporting operations by delivering the right information at the right time to make the right decisions.
Improve Asset Management

Deliver best practices designed from industry standards (including ISO 55000) with proven out of the box asset packages.
Enable Engineering and Design

Get real world data models and integration capabilities that support engineering and power system design workflows.
True Interoperability

Provide the services architecture and open frameworks to spatially enable other business systems, delivering true decision support.
Deliver Customer Engagement

Meet evolving customer expectations with better communication, delivering vital information and outstanding service.
Support Innovation

ArcGIS fuels innovation, speeds up the adoption of new technologies and future proofs the utility. Meet the demand of a modern utility.

The Canadian electricity sector is likely facing a period of sustained capital investment of about $20 billion per year for 20 years — for a total required investment of approximately $400 billion.

Vision 2050 from the CEA

Utility Network Strategic Consulting Services

To ensure your organization enjoys a smooth transition to the Utility Network, Esri Canada’s Industry Consultants work with you to develop a plan tailored to your technical and business needs. We provide a strategic assessment of your existing network management processes, a comprehensive analysis of your current data structure and quality, ensure authorized training is planned, and provide access to dedicated experts and a low risk, managed learning environment.

Service Options

Business strategy

Understand what to change, when to do it and determine if the return will justify the effort. We will guide you in defining a current and future state for your network management processes and determine your fit/gap for a Utility Network transition.
Technology Consulting

Develop a strategy and deliver on plan. Esri Canada brings industry knowledge and extensive Utility Network and ArcGIS Enterprise implementation experience. We can ensure your project delivers the business value you identified in your Business Strategy planning process.
Data Services

Conduct a comprehensive data model review and quality assessment. To successfully implement the Utility Network, you require an assessment of your current network data to understand the data fidelity that is required for your utility and a plan you can execute on to close the gaps.
Specialized Training

Receive authorized Utility Network training. Esri Canada can provide standard or customized technical training and knowledge transfer to administrators, editors and analysts.
Global Partner Engagement

Leverage Esri Canada’s network of leading technology partners to augment our national expertise with global thought leadership. Enhance your product or business capabilities, streamline data migration or take an incremental transition from the Geometric Network to the Utility Network. We bring the best of the best to your project.

Implementing the Utility Network has helped us improve the integrity and accessibility of our utility network data...It provides an authoritative view of our assets to everyone across our utility, allowing for greater collaboration and efficiencies in our daily operations and supporting regulatory compliance.

Mathew Desbiens, GIS manager, AltaGas Utilities Inc.