The members of the GIS Connectivity Project team using Freeance Mobile are a perfect example of the kind of employees serving our customers, finding a cost-effective and industry leading way to help provide better service."

Rick Janega, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Nova Scotia Power, Inc.

 

As an electric and gas utility professional, you recognize the value of good data. When you link that data to geographic location, you get the big picture and a powerful decision-making tool. Freeance Mobile software - GIS On BlackBerry - provides an efficient platform for mapping, analyzing, and managing assets, outages, work orders, and customer information in the field.

Freeance Mobile touches many aspects of electric and gas distribution, allowing you to:

• Record locations of new service, outages, power poles, meters, transformers to enterprise databases
• Respond more quickly to outages with accurate, up-to-date maps and information
• See underground facilities on a map on a BlackBerry smartphone for field locates
• Conduct lower cost field inventory projects versus alternative methods
• Send field collected data to enterprise databases without going back to the office
• Create push button simple database forms for locates, new system staking, outage mapping, asset mapping
• Look up open service calls by time of day and district
• See historical service calls, construction projects, work orders on a map
• Bring up pertinent customer data when meeting with customers
• See dynamic, changing data for enhanced situational awareness without technology overload

Electric Utilities

Freeance Mobile software allows you to enhance your utility's network maps with field data. Any small municipality; cooperative; or large generation, transmission, and distribution company can leverage these capabilities by easily integrating GIS on BlackBerry with your existing IT infrastructure.

Freeance Mobile software mobilizes the pieces of the electric distribution system for improved customer service, better management of assets and outages, and increased accuracy of data. Large and small distribution utilities can rely on GIS and BlackBerry smartphone technology as platforms for operations and management.

Freeance Mobile is a practical software solution that has been recognized as a leading innovation. Use it to improve the model of the electrical distribution system and help enhance service reliability for customers. Know the status of your assets at any time and make updates to keep your records current using inexpensive BlackBerry smartphones. With a complete system inventory, you can make informed decisions about operations and maintenance so you can operate your distribution system most efficiently.

Gas Utilities

Geography is a factor in every aspect of a gas utility's business. You can use mobile GIS to integrate your business data with location for better responsiveness and decision making. Freeance Mobile lets you see the status of assets at any time when you're in the field. And with Freeance Mobile, you can make updates to keep your records current. When you extend your GIS and enterprise data to the field, you'll make better decisions about operations and maintenance.

Field Inventory Trues Up the Electrical Model

Freeance Mobile software is used in the field to collect technical data about individual components of the distribution system, such as transformers and disconnect switches, along with precise location information. The information is transferred from BlackBerry smartphones to GIS servers so technicians can use it to update the electrical model. This builds a more accurate picture of a distribution system, which will help utilities better predict the impact of storms, dispatch line crews more effectively, and provide better information to customers and emergency officials during outages.