By Chris Hill, SDMEA Director of Municipal Electric Services HOMETOWN - Beresford We all know that change is upon us. Every year, every month, every day. Whether we like it or not, change is going to happen, although, at times it is just tough to accept. The Beresford Electrical Department is embracing those changes to make their jobs more efficient. Electrical Superintendent Jay Nordquist was eager to discuss the changes they have made that included purchasing a Boring Machine in 2000 to begin installing underground electrical services. They also purchased another Boring
Machine in 2013. They have also purchased a Directional Drill, and a Hydro-Vac with a hydraulic boom. The four electrical employees started working on their underground infrastructure in 2005 and complete approximately two blocks per year. They also began installing an AMI system that same year. ES Nordquist also mentioned that they have about “two dozen overhead services left and the system loop feeder is still overhead”. In 2014 they started using Utilismart as a host for reading the meters. The Beresford Electrical Department also marked their meters using GPS on Google Earth. A 60” monitor is mounted on the wall of their office to view the
Utilismart Health Map Load Profile Transformers.
Meters in Utilismart-Click on meter to get readings or load the graphs.
Meter Readings.
Google Earth GPS Tags.
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