GIS-Based Line-Siting Methdology

摘要

Georgia Transmission has met its goal of developing a siting model that will illustrate the connection between facts found and choices made, resulting in cost efficiencies and improved productivity. GTC's Smith put it this way, "My real hope is that these new practices and tools will help us demonstrate to others that we are committed to making siting decisions that are consistent and fair. We have really succeeded if our actions help us find better solutions for meeting the electric cooperatives' rapidly changing power needs." While the company has seen benefits to productivity, technology and cost, the real end product for Georgia Transmission is "better decisions," adds Smith. "That may sound a bit mundane, but with today's scrutiny on siting decisions, the consequences in the regulatory, legal and public arenas should be obvious.