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RENEWING THE PROMISE OF CLEAN ENERGY
GRID MODERNIZATION
■ Restoration can bring poles back
above
National
Electrical
Safety
Code (NESC) code compliance for
one-third or less of replacement
cost. Where the O-Calc tool determined
that pole strength was insufficient
to handle hurricane force
winds, an Osmose-engineered
truss was installed to reinforce the
existing structure. Poles that had
degraded beyond restoration were
replaced.
■ Since reliability and resiliency are
closely linked, the investment made
to ensure this utility's grid weathers
black-sky events has led to
less downtime during blue skies,
too. The utility stated that " disciplined,
long-term investments to
build a stronger, smarter, and more
storm-resilient energy grid continue
to yield tangible benefits in good
weather and bad. "
■ Since the utility began its resiliency
program-including engaging with
Osmose-it has
reduced outages,
interruptions, and flickers, and
improved reliability by 45%. It was
recognized as the most reliable provider
in the nation, winning ReliabilityOne's
National Reliability Award
for multiple years.
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collected on this utility's 150,000
power poles, Osmose was uniquely
positioned to help. Focusing on the
utility's most vulnerable coastal region,
Osmose technicians went into
the field to confirm the digital model's
validity using OsmoVision, the company's
digital system for collecting and
processing structural details. The result
was a focused hardening to-do list
for the utility. n
-Mark Copeland is Chief Innovation
and Marketing Officer with Osmose.
■ After Category 3 Hurricane Wilma in
2005, the utility experienced more
than 12,000 pole failures and could
only restore 4% within 24 hours. After
Category 4 Hurricane Irma in 2017,
following two eight-year cycles of
asset life extension, it experienced
70% fewer pole failures and was able
to restore 40% within 24 hours.
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