Asset Management in T&D

Overview

The Asset Management in T&D (AMTD) Interest Group is an international consortium of utilities managing electricity transmission and distribution, communications, and station assets with a common focus on the application of asset management across the entire utility organization/business.

The core mission of AMTD is to serve as a world-class resource for utilities with T&D assets to improve their practice of asset management.

Focus areas

Implementing Asset Management Standards
Effecting Strategy and Innovation
Developing and Iterating on the Asset Management Development Roadmap
Developing Asset Technical Knowledge
Data-Informed Decision Making

This group is for

Asset managers, investment planners, risk managers, asset management engineers, managers and program managers, asset strategists, and reliability managers

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Technical Advisor Support

Ed Watson

Overhead Transmission Equipment and Asset Management in T&D

Ed Watson received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama and his Master of Business Administration from Georgia State University. He recently retired from Georgia Power, an operating unit of Southern Company, after 42 years of service primarily in the Power Delivery organization. During his tenure at Georgia Power, Ed held field, support and management roles in both Distribution and Transmission. He also held positions in marketing, project management and budgeting. Most recently, he was responsible for the development and implementation of the transmission line inspection and maintenance program as well as near and long-term capital replacement project development. This role included development and support of asset management applications to maintain facility records and facilitate and track program effectiveness. Ed also represented Southern Company in the industry by participating and leading working groups within several research organizations including CEATI. Since retirement, Ed continues to study and guide industry development by providing consulting services focused on transmission line asset management.

Top Resources

REFERENCE RESOURCE

Library of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for T&D Assets

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Measuring the success of asset management plans is typically done by reporting against a set of key performance indicators (KPIs). Over the years, T&D electric utilities have developed numerous KPIs of varying usefulness. This project first collected industry-standard T&D KPIs. These were augmented with contributions and input from CEATI member utilities to create an initial library of customized KPIs that can be used by electric T&D utilities as a resource for tracking and measuring the performance of their assets and improving their asset management practices.

TRAINING

CEATI Asset Management University

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CEATI Asset Management University is a series of trainings focused on providing utility members with industry-leading asset management learning experiences developed by experts and powered through our network. These trainings are exclusively available to CEATI's Asset Management Interest Group members. The trainings cover a broad range of topics aimed at developing all levels of asset management professionals and their teams.

BENCHMARKING

Bi-Annual Asset Management Benchmarking Survey

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CEATI’s Bi-annual Asset Management Benchmarking Survey is aimed at assessing and comparing asset management practices across the industry. The survey's data contributes to a shared understanding of how utilities are organizing, resourcing, and evolving their asset management functions in response to emerging challenges and innovations. The survey is designed to support strategic planning by helping utilities build the business case for AM enhancements and investments.

GUIDANCE DOCUMENT

Development of Risk Models and Analytics in T&D Utilities

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The objective of this guidance document is to enable utilities in the T&D space to develop or enhance risk models for informed decision-making. This report includes details on how to develop the framework for risk models, a summary of commercially available risk models (quantitative and qualitative), considering the model overview, inputs, and calculation methodology, and the benefits of risk modeling.

RESEARCH REPORT

Performance Measures of Asset Management Functioning and Effectiveness

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This report establishes a common framework for the development of asset management KPIs for electricity generation, transmission, and distribution assets. The resulting framework and list of KPIs were developed based on the ISO 5500X series of standards and guidance from the Institute of Asset Management. The KPI framework and KPI guidelines can be applied by an organization throughout its asset management evolution, whether to aid in the development of its own framework or to benchmark against industry peers.