BENCHMARKING TOOLS & RESOURCES

Put your performance in industry context

CEATI helps utility leaders & technical teams assess performance, compare best practices, and identify practical priorities for improvement through trusted tools and peer-to-peer insight.

CEATI benchmarking tools and resources are available to members through CEATI Programs.

Two ways to benchmark with CEATI

CEATI’s benchmarking resources vary by Program and topic, giving members relevant ways to assess practices, compare approaches, and learn from utility peers. 

Benchmarking & Maturity Assessments

Use established tools and frameworks to evaluate current practices, compare performance, identify gaps, and set improvement priorities.

Facilitated Peer Benchmarking

Compare specific processes, practices, and operational approaches through CEATI-facilitated sessions and targeted input from utility peers.

Benchmarking & maturity assessment tools

CEATI's tools provide a consistent, utility-focused approach to help members evaluate practices, establish baselines, and identify practical priorities for improvement.

Asset Management Functional Benchmarking

Compare your organization's asset management functions, processes, and maturity with those of peer utilities. Identify strengths, recognize gaps, and prioritize improvements based on leading utility practices.

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Dam Safety Maturity Matrix

Evaluate the effectiveness and maturity of your dam safety program against industry practices. Identify priorities for improvement and repeat assessments over time to track progress and guide investment.

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Water Management Business Process Benchmarking

Compare water management processes with peer organizations across key areas such as forecasting, hydrometeorological data, system operations, water and power management, and stakeholder outreach.

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Physical Security Maturity Matrix

Assess the maturity of your organization's physical security program and identify priority areas for improvement. The tool supports benchmarking and goal-setting across security practices, processes, and organizational capabilities.

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Vegetation Management Maturity Matrix

Evaluate the maturity of your integrated vegetation management program across areas such as safety, reliability, workforce capabilities, and environmental stewardship. Results help utilities identify gaps, guide improvement planning, and support informed discussions with leadership.

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Facilitated peer benchmarking

CEATI facilitates targeted benchmarking opportunities that help members compare approaches, validate decisions, and learn directly from utilities facing similar challenges.

Benchmarking sessions

CEATI brings utilities together around a defined process, practice, or operational challenge.

Facilitated sessions allow members to compare approaches, ask questions, discuss lessons learned, and gain direct insight into what peer organizations are doing.

  • Join a facilitated discussion

  • Compare approaches with utility peers

  • Gain insights from real-world experience

Information exchanges

Information Exchanges give members an on-demand way to gather perspectives on a specific question or challenge.

CEATI circulates the question to relevant utility peers, compiles their responses, and provides members with a summary of the resulting insights.

  • Ask a focused question

  • CEATI collects responses from utility peers

  • Receive a compiled summary

Find the right benchmarking resource for your team

Select the tools or peer benchmarking resources you’d like to explore, and a CEATI representative will follow up with further information.