Utilizing Spatiotemporal Data Analytics to Pinpoint Outage Location

Abstract: Understanding the exact fault location in the post-event analysis is the key to improving the accuracy of outage management. Unfortunately, the fault location is not generally well documented during the restoration process, creating a big challenge for post-event analysis. By utilizing various data source systems, including outage management system (OMS) data, asset geospatial information system (GIS) data, and vehicle location data, this paper creates a novel method to pinpoint the outage location accurately to create additional insights for distribution operations and performance teams during the post-event analysis.