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ArcGIS Data Pipelines Introduction

December 10, 2025 By: Josh King

ArcGIS Data Pipelines is a service that’s currently available with an ArcGIS Online  (AGOL) subscription and will be released for ArcGIS Enterprise beginning in version 12.0.  The 12.0 Enterprise version…

Practices for Attribute Automation in the Electric Utility Network

December 8, 2025 By: Chris Sanders

There are always new ways for utilities to identify the best solutions for getting the most out of their GIS. In this context, it is widely known that many utilities…

SSP Electric Data Model

November 13, 2025 By: Joaquin Madrid, Ph.D.

The Utility Network shouldn’t require your editors to relearn everything. Our geo-coincident (snap-based) approach keeps familiar GN-style editing intact and delivers full UN behavior like phase propagation and per-phase operability.

Setting the Foundation: Scope and Expectation Management for Utility Technology Projects

September 3, 2025 By: James McCoy

In utility technology projects, success doesn’t start with the kickoff meeting—it starts much earlier, with a clear understanding of what’s being delivered, why, and how. That’s why scope and expectation…

Using Pydantic with your ESRI GIS

Starting with ArcGIS Pro 3.4, and now also 3.5, the conda environment that ships with ArcGIS Pro includes the pydantic python package. Pydantic has been my go-to data validation library…

Strategic Resourcing for Utilities: Staff Augmentation vs Managed Services

Utilities across the country are facing a perfect storm of challenges in maintaining and modernizing grid infrastructure while dealing with resource constraints. Many utilities report significant difficulties in recruiting and…

Using Split DNS with ArcGIS Enterprise to Support Internal and External Utility Users

By: Phil Dunn

For utilities, GIS is no longer just an internal back-office tool…it is a mission-critical system used by field crews, engineers, contractors, and even public safety partners. Since ArcGIS Enterprise is…

When Every Second Counts: Using GIS Isolation Tools to Improve Emergency Response

July 7, 2025 By: Jacob McGlincy

In the natural gas industry, emergencies don’t occur during optimal conditions. They happen in the middle of the night, on the weekend, and when it’s freezing cold outside. Whether it's…

Unleash the Power of Utility Network with Esri Migration Toolset

March 27, 2025 By: Michael Goggin

On Friday February 28th Esri released the Migration Toolset, this is a pre-release and will be part of 3.5. I was a beta program tester taking this tool for a…

The Human Factors Element of Utility Network Migration

March 24, 2025 By: Dave DiSera

Long before the acronym OCM (or Organizational Change Management) became commonplace, the phrase “Human Factors” was used to describe how changes like a large-scale technology implementation affected the people and…

The Framework for Advanced Analytics Starts with the Basics

March 22, 2025 By: Michael Goggin

This may be a strange question considering how much the term is used but I’m not sure it is truly understood. The tech buzz over the last several years has…

The ROI of OCM | Part III of a Cost-Benefit Framework

By: Heather Siemens

After considering the 5 benefit perspectives of OCM discussed in Part I and II of this blog series, the next step is to assign a value to the benefits that…