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Pole Loading and Asset Management Program

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Client: San Diego Gas & Electric
Location: California, USA
Status: Current, 2019 to 2025

Overview

Across the SDG&E asset management program, our team performed comprehensive pole loading, strength and clearance assessments on numerous 69kV to 138kV transmission and distribution lines. Deliverables included detailed PLS-CADD models and line assessment reports that established NERC compliance and gave the utility a defensible basis for prioritising replacement and remediation across a large asset base. Delivered as an independent consultant to KOSMOS, formerly West Power Energy.

Line crew in an insulated bucket working on an energised overhead distribution pole
Line crew working from an insulated bucket on a distribution pole.

Services applied

  • Pole loading analysis
  • Clearance assessment
  • Structural analysis
  • PLS-CADD modelling