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CASE STUDY: E.ON BayErN aG, rEGENsBurG, GErmaNy

GERMAN UTILITY USES INTERGRAPHSOLUTIONS TO DIGITALLY MAP ITSPOWER DELIVERY NETWORKIntergraph Tools Enable E.ON Bayern to Import Vectorized Network Datainto Geospatial System

IDENTIFYING GOALSDelivering reliable power is the primary goal o any utility company. The ability torespond quickly and eciently to an outage is crucial. Formed with the merger o

several regional utility companies, E.ON Bayern aced the challenge o manag-

ing more than 175,000 kilometers o power lines and cables. The German utility

needed to import data rom six legacy systems to ensure standardized access to

network data across the company. A unied database was essential or more e-

cient asset management. E.ON Bayern also wanted to raise the quality o network

data by converting all data to a vector ormat. This would improve productivity or

more than 1,400 users across the enterprise, providing easy access to cable sec-

tion data, links to network resources, and more.

OVERCOMING CHALLENGESOptimize network management with a central database

Digitize raster data toward creating intelligent vector data

Improve eciency o asset management

Support technical workfows, such as new design, maintenance, and

SAP integration

REALIZING RESULTSE.ON Bayern uses geospatial inrastructure asset management solutions rom

Intergraph to migrate network data rom the legacy systems. Three o the legacy

systems had intelligent data (vector, attributes, connectivity), while the others con-

sisted o scanned raster data.

Intergraphs geospatial inrastructure asset management solution provides many

sophisticated unctions, such as traces, queries, reports, and a seamless workfow

to the eld. E.ON Bayern started a data capture project to gather intelligent data rom

all areas, including those where only raster data was available. To ensure high-quality

data, the utility requires outside data capture companies to use the Integraph solution

instead o a computer-aided design system. Intergraph provided the tools the com-

panies needed to capture the data they would send back to E.ON Bayern.

FACTS AT A GLANCE

Copn: E.ON Bayern

Web ite: www.eon-bayern.com

Deciption: E.ON Bayern AG,headquarted in Regensburg, is one o

the largest regional utility providers in

Bavaria, Germany. It was created in2001 ollowing the merger o several

regional utility companies. Its supply

network covers an area o more than

54,000-square kilometers, and includes

the Bavarian regions o Upper and

Lower Franconia, Upper Palatinate, and

Lower and Upper Bavaria. E.ON Bayern

is a subsidiary o E.ON Energie in

Munich. It is the worlds largest investor-

owned energy providers.

revene: $2.3 billion (Euro)

Eploee: 3,000

Indt: Utilities

Cont: Germany

ProduCTS uSEd

G/Technology product suite

G!NIUS

KEy BENEFiTS

Standardized access to data across

the company

Increased transparency and aster

analyses with vector network data

Automated process accelerates work-

fow and reduces errors

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In addition, Intergraph provided quality assurance tools to check

the captured data against the rulebase immediately and ensure

all data are correct.

Today, eld and oce workers at each o the utilitys 19 net-

work centers use the solution to input data changes and obtain

inormation about the power inrastructure. With its successul

history with Intergraph solutions, E.ON Bayern expanded the

partnership and is using Intergraph sotware to digitize its vastnetwork o power lines and cables. The utility wants to use the

digitally mapped data to convert its entire network to intelligent

vector data by 2013.

Intergraphs open architecture acilitates the seamless import

and export o data into a central database. Hybrid data, such

as scanned analog maps and plans, are vectorized and pro-

cessed seamlessly into E.ON Bayerns geospatial management

system. For areas that still require mapping, the Intergraph

solution supplies data to service providers, who can then map

the data in a consistent ormat across the utility. Users can view

the data in real-time digitally, ensure elements do not overlap,

and conrm parallel network components are displayed prop-

erly. An automatic quality control process veries data accuracy

and enables contractors or E.ON Bayern personnel to detect

errors and conduct tests or specic areas. For example, a user

can veriy a house power line connects to the correct cable in

the right street. Intergraphs testing tools ensures the highest

level o quality during the mapping process. In addition, the

utility can import new individual data records in a ew seconds,

without having to interrupt workfows. This process will allow the

scheduled ve-year time rame or the digital mapping project to

remain on track without restricting productivity.

The unied structure o the data provides numerous benets,

according to Peter Obermaier o E.ON Bayern. Presenting data

in a intelligent vector-oriented ormat acilitates a whole range

o tasks, rom network planning and maintenance, network

Intergraph is the leading global provider o engineering and geospatial

sotware that enables customers to visualize complex data. Businesses

and governments in more than 60 countries rely on Intergraphs industry-

specic sotware to organize vast amounts o data into understandable

visual representations and actionable intelligence. Intergraphs sotware and

services empower customers to build and operate more ecient plants

and ships, create intelligent maps, and protect critical inrastructure and

millions o people around the world.

Intergraph operates through two divisions: Process, Power & Marine

(PP&M) and Security, Government & Inrastructure (SG&I). Intergraph

PP&M provides enterprise engineering sotware or the design, construc-

tion, and operation o plants, ships, and oshore acilities. Intergraph SG&I

provides geospatially powered solutions to the deense and intelligence,

public saety and security, government, transportation, photogrammetry,

utilities, and communications industries.

For more inormation, visit www.intergraph.com.

ABOUT INTERGRAPH

Intergraph and the Intergraph logo are registered trademarks o Intergraph Corporation. Other brands and product names are trademarks o their respective owners. 2010 Intergraph Corporation. 03/10 UAC-US-0027A-ENG

monitoring, and compiling statistics to network calculations and

providing inormation all activities we must manage in-house in

relation to the electricity supply network, says Obermaier.

MOVING FORWARDThe data capture project is scheduled to last ve years and will

give E.ON Bayern intelligent geospatial data or i ts entire service

area, allowing the utility to run all reports and queries against the

unied and centralized database.

Intergraphs geospatial solutions streamlines data access,

speeds decision-support companywide, and reduces oper-

ating costs. More importantly, it eectively manages E.ON

Bayerns delivery network, which serves more than two million

customers. The scalability, open architecture, and mobile ca-

pabilities o Intergraph solutions will allow the utility to take its

use o geospatial data to a new level and continue to innovate

or uture success.