As 2017 has come to an end, we are excited to announce our newest SMART subscriber: Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc. Clay Electric is an incorporated, member-owned, not-for-profit organization known for their excellent service. The electric cooperative was founded in 1937 and remains one of the largest power suppliers in the United States. Clay Electric’s headquarters…
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With several large G&T co-ops choosing SMARTest from MinMax as their preferred tool for asset management and inspection, SMART is now managing well over 1,500 substations across North America. In addition to the substations, the utilities are also inspecting several thousand other assets such as transmission structures, lines, communications sites, distribution poles, and line devices. In an…
With the rapid adoption of SMART by G&T utilities operating with 100+ substations, MinMax introduced several key features during its SMART ALECS User Group Conference held in October 2016 in Dallas. Utility users operating as few as 4 to 300+ substations attended the conference. The two features the users liked the most are: Facilities Ratings…
Central Electric Power Cooperative (CEPC) is a transmission cooperative owned and operated by eight member-owner distribution cooperatives. Collectively they deliver power through a network of 120 substations to a 22,000 square mile area in Central Missouri. These eight electric distribution cooperatives are located in the Central Missouri region as depicted in the map above. After a careful…
After evaluating the leading software tools for substation asset performance, N.W. Electric Power Cooperative has selected SMART as the cloud-based software tool for its transmission line and substation inspection. As a G&T electric cooperative, N.W. is responsible for maintaining 140 substations and approximately 1700 miles of transmission line which delivers the power to the seven distribution cooperatives…
With its 108,450 electric customers, the 6th largest public power utility in the state of California, The City of Riverside, becomes the first utility in the state to adopt SMARTest as its substation asset inspection and performance tool. The decision makers at The Riverside substation department chose SMART for its ease of use and flexibility in…
The popularity of SMART as a preferred tool for transmission/distribution substation asset performance is making an impact in all of North America. After a careful evaluation of the SMARTest module, the city of New Westminster became the newest member of the Canadian SMART users. New Westminster is a historically important city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia,…
SMART is no longer just an inspection, test records, and document management tool. It’s helping utilities get better organized and prepared for their compliance requirements. With a growing list of customers dealing with Bulk Electric System (BES) equipment from the generator to the high side of distribution substation transformers, the latest release of SMARTest 6.15 helps utilities…
While SMART has become popular as a substation and distribution asset management and inspection software tool for municipal utilities and cooperatives operating with a range of 2 to 80 substations, It just took a quantum jump by being selected by a large generation and transmission cooperative, KAMO Power, operating in Oklahoma & Missouri. With its G&T operation consisting of 300+ transmission substations…